Revenge for Hekari, winning start for Wellington

A year ago Hekari United were well beaten by the Vanuatu domestic champions 3-1, and coach Jerry Allen was adamant he wouldn’t be letting the same thing happen today.“I think this game was very important for us. Last year they beat us in Ba, we came here with the mind-set that we must win today,”…

The Lupe Ole Soaga midfielder was brought into the side this year to offer some experience to the Samoan champions as they embarked on their first OFC Champions League campaign.And his impact was near instantaneous as the 27-year-old scored eight minutes into the side’s debut on Saturday afternoon against Pirae, the focal point of a…

The early kick-off features the Men In Black, fresh from an impressive 3-0 win over FC Gaitcha on Match Day 1, taking on the group’s surprise package in Lupe Ole Soaga.The unfancied Samoan side fought from two goals down against AS Pirae on Saturday to register an impressive 3-3 draw which had player-coach Paul Ualesi…

Download match summary here See below the play-by-play action.Team Wellington: 1. Michael O’KEEFFE (GK),3. Aaron SCOTT, 5. Bill ROBERTSON, 6. Sean LOVEMORE, 7. Henry FA’ARODO, 8. Cole PEVERLEY (c), 10. Luis CORRALES, 12. Ian HOGG, 13. Alex FENERIDIS, 17. Jake BUTLER, 19. Chris BALESubstitutes: 2. Tom JACKSON, 9. Jarrod SMITH, 11. Michael GWYTHER, 15. Tim…

Download match summary here See below the play-by-play action.Tafea: 1. Seiloni IARUEL (GK), 4. Jaycen BOTLENG, 5. Kevin SHEM, 8. Bong KALO, 11. Robert TASSO (c), 12. Edisson STEPHENS, 13. Gibson DAUDAU, 15. Ernie ROBERTS, 16. Daniel NATOU, 18. Ignas IAMAK, 21. Don MANSALESubstitutes: 6. Jais MALSARANI, 7. Jonah TURU, 9. Alista KARLIP, 10. Zica…

But for Benjamin Totori – a journeyman of Oceania football – it’s about recovering from the disappointment and regrouping for Tuesday’s crunch tie against Auckland City FC.Totori is no stranger to the big game, nor the game against the Navy Blues – having played a bulk of his career for Waitakere United – and knows…

Despite his experience, and Auckland City’s pedigree in this competition, coach Ramon Tributlietx was relieved to get the first match out of the way, with the three points in hand.“It was a tough match. I think Suva played a good game, they were very well organised defensively and that made our football difficult, especially in…

Kevin Coma’s side qualified for the 2015 Fiji Airways OFC Champions League all of sixteen months ago and has been in training since January, and is looking forward to making its competition debut this afternoon against hosts Ba FC.“I’m really happy to be getting started. We’ve been waiting a little while to start this competition,…

On Saturday, Samoan champions Lupe Ole Soaga secured a dream debut and hosts Ba turned out a professional performance which leaves them top of the table.Those who witnessed the early kick-off saw Lupe register their first point in the tournament with a dramatic comeback to draw 3-3 with AS Pirae.Then it was the turn of…

Straight after that that highly anticipated encounter, the action will continue at 7pm when competition newcomers Team Wellington of New Zealand play AS Tefana of Tahiti.For Hekari the 3-1 loss to Tafea at Govind Park in Ba on 7 April 2014 remains etched firmly on their memories. Just like tomorrow’s match, it was the opening…