An onslaught of six goals in the third period has seen Tahiti pull away from a tough Fijian challenge in the second match of day one at the Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer Championship.
Fiji took a first period advantage after captain Kamal Hassan led from the front with the opening goal and Taniela Evo Waqa added their second.
Eizo Arai got the home team on the scoresheet during the same period.
The second period saw the score see-saw with Teva Zaveroni, Raimana Li Fung Kuee and Angelo Tchen hitting the net for Tahiti while Waqa notched his second for Fiji, Alvin Avinesh notched their fourth and Shonal Joel Sharma kept his team infront with Fiji’s fifth.
But Fiji’s fitness appeared to fail them in the third period while Tahiti maintained their intensity and dominated the posession stakes.
The score began to look lopsided as Teva Zaveroni added a brace to his earlier goal to complete his hat-trick and a further four goals flowed as the margin blew-out.
Tahiti 10-5 Fiji (1-2, 4-5, 10-5)
Tahiti 10: 8. Eizo ARAI 5:25′ (P1), 3:34′ (P3); Teva ZAVERONI 10:06′ (P2), 10:45′, 10:23′ (P3); Raimana LI FUNG KUEE 6:02′ (P2), 4:56′ (P3); Angelo TCHEN 5:20′ (P2); Roihau DEGAGE 1:43 (P3); John HOFFMAN 1:09′ (P3)
Fiji 5: Kamal HASSAN 6:44′ (P1); Taniela Evo WAQA 3:04 (P1), 11:05′ (P2), Alvin AVINESH 4:41′ (P2); Shonal Joel SHARMA 00:48′ (P2)
Tahiti: 1. Rehia DAVIO; 2. Sebastien LABAYEN; 3. Angelo TCHEN; 7. Raimana LI FUNG KUEE; 9. Teva ZAVERONI;
Reserves: 4. John HOFFMANN; 5. Stephen LEFOC; 6. Kenny NUI; 8. Eizo ARAI; 10. Roihau DEGAGE; 11. Jean Claude CHANG KOEI CHANG; 12. Franck REVEL
Reserves: 1. Alivereti BALELOA; 4. Shonal Joel SHARMA; 5. Sandeep NAIR; 6. Abinesh Sailesh; 7. Shailendra BUISENA; 9. Muni Arvindra NAIDU;