Ba vs. Mont-Dore: Download Match Summary Here
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Starting line-ups:
Ba: 1. Jone RALULU (GK), 2. Avinesh SUWAMY, 4. Manueli KALOU, 6. Jone VESIKULA, 7. Tuimasi MANUCA, 11. Alvin SINGH, 12. Remueru TAKIATA, 13. Kini VILIAME, 14. Isimeli NAREISA, 16. Malakai TIWA, 26. Marika MADIGI
Mont-Dore: 1. Jean-Jacques WACHOU (GK), 2. Dominique SAWA, 4. Jean-Patrick WAKANUMUNE, 5. George WADENGES, 6. Olivier DOKUNENGO, 7. Patrick DIAIKE, 11. Rony ATTI, 12. Pierre NYIKEINE 13. Loic WAKANUMUNE, 17. Jose HMAE, 18. Jean-Marc HMALOKO
Referee: Chris KERR (NZL)
Assistant referee 1: Ravinesh KUMAR (FIJ)
Assistant referee 2: Rakesh CHANDRA (FIJ)
4th official: Dinamani MUDALIAR (FIJ)
The match kicks off
2′ Pierre Nyikeine sends a long ball forward for Mont-Dore but the pass fails to find a team mate
3′ Mont-Dore have a free kick in a promising position but Ba defender Alvin Singh clears the danger
4′ Malakai Tiwa has the first effort of the afternoon for Ba but his shot from the edge of the area sails over the bar
5′ Ba goalkeeper Jone Ralulu comes off his line to gather a Dominique Sawa cross
6′ YELLOW CARD: Sawa is cautioned for Mont-Dore
9′ Marika Madigi tries his luck from 40 yards out but the shot is nowhere near the target
12′ Avinesh Suwamy whips over the game’s first corner for Ba and Manueli Kalou heads it just wide
14′ Malakai Tiwa receives a pass from Isimeli Naresia and shoots from a tight angle but his effort hits the Mont-Dore side-netting
18′ Kini Viliame shoots from distance for Ba but the effort goes wide
22′ Patrick Diaike has Mont-Dore’s first chance of the match from a corner but hits the ball straight at goalkeeper Jone Ralulu
25′ YELLOW CARD: Loic Wakanumune is cautioned for Mont-Dore
29′ Jone Vesikula sends over a deep cross for Ba but Suwamy can’t quite reach it
33′ GOAL!!! Mont-Dore 1 – Ba 0: The visitors go ahead when striker Jose Hmae nods the ball past oncoming goalkeeper Ralulu and rolls it into an empty net
35′ YELLOW CARD: Marika Madigi is cautioned for Ba
41′ Tiwa tries to get his head to a Suwamy cross but Mont-Dore goalkeeper Jean-Jacques Wachou reaches the ball first
45′ One minute of injury time will be played
45′ + 1′ Tiwa shoots at goal just before half-time but the effort is deflected and Wachou gathers comfortably
The first half comes to an end
The second half kicks off
46′ Goalscorer Hmae sets up Patrick Diaike, who races into the Ba box but pulls his effort across the face of goal
48′ Diaike tries his luck again but goalkeeper Ralulu saves
50′ Mont-Dore win a free kick in a dangerous position but Sawa hits his effort over the bar
54′ Tuimasi Manuca heads the ball towards the Mont-Dore goal but Wachou gathers at the second attempt
56′ Jone Vesikula goes down injured and play is held up while he receives treatment
57′ Vesikula has to leave the field but is soon back on and appears fine
59′ Ba miss a good chance to draw level when Isimeli Nareisa hits the side-netting
60′ SUBSTITUTION: Remeuru Takiata is replaced by Rinal Prasad for Ba
62′ Ba fullback Suwamy shoots over the bar after being played in by Tiwa
63′ SUBSTITUTION: Jose Hmae is replaced by Kalaje Gnipate for Mont-Dore
64′ GOAL!!! Ba 1 – Mont-Dore 1: Ba equalise through a powerful Suwamy drive from the edge of the box
69′ SUBSTITUTION: Rony Atti is replaced by Fabrice Wacapo for Mont-Dore
73′ Ba captain Viliame sends a deep cross into the Mont-Dore box but Nareisa can’t get an effort away
74′ Nareisa gets his head to a Manuca cross but can’t find the target
76′ Suwamy has another chance for Ba but his attempt is cleared
77′ SUBSTITUTION: Tuimasi Manuca is replaced by Keni Doidoi for Ba
79′ SUBSTITUTION: Pierre Nyikeine is replaced by Jacques Wamytan for Mont-Dore
82′ GOAL!!! Ba 2 – Mont-Dore 1: Ba make their pressure count when Suwamy scores his second from a Tiwa pass
84′ The crowd has come alive after Suwamy’s goal as Ba close in on all three points
86′ Ba goalkeeper Ralulu leaves his line to deal with a Diaike cross
88′ YELLOW CARD: Jacques Wamytan is cautioned for Mont-Dore
90′ Skipper Viliame breaks into the Mont-Dore box and shoots but his effort is deflected wide
The final whistle is blown