The weekend’s remaining O-League fixture sees New Zealand rivals Auckland City and Waitakere United clash tomorrow afternoon.
Tefana – Magenta Match Summary click here
See below for all the play-by-play action.
The starting line-ups:
Tefana: 23. Xavier SAMIN (GK), 2. Stephane FAATIARAU, 6. Heimano BOUREBARE, 7. Taufa NEUFFA, 8. Tetiamana MARMOUYET, 11. Jean Claude CHANG KOEI CHANG, 12. Arnaud SICOT, 15. Lorenzo TEHAU, 18. Tauraa MARMOUYET, 20. Axel WILLIAMS, 9. Kenny NUI
Magenta: 1. Jean yan DOUNEZECK, 4. jean Paul READ, 6. Wilson FOREST, 7. Noel KAUDRE, 8. Georges GOPE-FENEPEJ, 9. Paul POATINDA, 10. Cesar LOLOHEA, 14. Jules WEA, 17. Andre SINEDO, 22. Jonathan KAKOU, 29. Andre NAXUE
The match kicks off
3′ Tefana have the first corner but it is headed out for a goal kick
9′ SUBSTITUTION: The injured Marmouyet is replaced by James Leou for Tefana
11′ Tefana have a good chance to open the scoring through Axel Williams but his volley from the back post goes wide
14′ Magenta have their first chance through Paul Poatinda but he can’t connect properly and keeper Samin collects
15′ YELLOW CARD: Jean Paul Read is cautioned for Magenta
17′ Magenta have the best chance of the match when a spectacular Cesar Lolohea free kick from 25 yards out smashes against the crossbar
20′ YELLOW CARD: Substitute Leou is cautioned for Tefana
22′ GOAL!!! Magenta 1, Tefana 0: Magenta go in front when Gope-Fenepej beats his marker on the left and knocks in a low cross for Lolohea to tap home from close range
28′ Wea tries his luck for Magenta with a powerful long range effort but the ball goes just over the cross bar
33′ Kakou embarks on an elusive run down the left for Magenta but no one can get on the end of his cross
35′ Goalscorer Lolohea is in the action again for Magenta, striking the ball inches wide from just outside the box
38′ Gope-Fenepej takes a free kick for Magenta from wide on the right which lands on the roof of the net
41′ Gope-Fenepej has a great chance after being set free into the box down the left. He cuts inside and shoots but Tefana keeper Samin makes a great save
44′ Magenta have a corner but Tefana manage to clear as halftime approaches
The first half comes to an end
The second half kicks off
48′ Magenta goalkeeper Dounezeck does well to collect a deep cross from the right under pressure from Tefana strikers
55′ Tefana have a great chance after the Magenta defence fails to clear the ball but Williams can’t make the most of it
57′ Magenta have an opportunity at the other end but Poatinda’s strike from the edge of the box goes just wide
59′ A deflected shot sits up nicely for Tefana substitute Leou at the back post but he swings and misses from close range
60′ SUBSTITUTION: Leou is replaced by Roihau Degage for Tefana
62′ SUBSTITUTION: Kaudre is replaced by Gorendiawe for Magenta
65′ A Magenta corner is punched clear by Samin
68′ Williams has a good chance to shoot for Tefana on the edge of the box but chooses instead to try to set up Neuffa and the Magenta defence manage to scramble the ball clear
71′ Magenta have a four-on-one breakaway but the Tefana defence do well to hold up the play, get numbers back and clear
75′ Faatiarau has a strike at goal for Tefana from a deep free kick but Magenta goalkeeper Dounezeck gathers the ball
77′ Magenta have a corner but Tefana manage to get the ball to safety
78′ Tefana have lifted their game in the second period and are enjoying much more territory and possession in what is becoming a very physical encounter, just what you’d expect from a Tahiti-New Caledonia derby
78′ GOAL!!! Magenta 2, Tefana 0: Poatinda swings over a well-directed cross from deep on the right which Gope-Fenepej controls well and slots past the oncoming Samin
81′ GOAL!!! Magenta 3, Tefana 0: Gope-Fenepej has his second and Magenta have their third thanks to a breakaway solo effort. The game has now been turned on its head in the space of a few minutes
88′ SUBSTITUTION: Poatinda is replaced by Jean Claude Jewine for Magenta
90′ Three minutes of injury time will be played
The final whistle is blown