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‘It is a great challenge for us and very difficult for sure’

9 May 2014
‘It is a great challenge for us and very difficult for sure’

OFC Media: You’ve been in charge at Auckland City FC since 2011 and enjoyed a good run of success – how hard has it been to keep that standard so consistently high?Tribulietx: I’ve been in charge of the playing style since 2010, although shared the first season with Aaron McFarland in 2011. I think it…

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9 May 2014
FFAS kicks off 7-A-Side

Tafuna Jets, last year’s defending champs for the women, got off to a rocky start and are currently sixth in the standings out of seven competing teams.In the men’s competition last year they started off with futsal but had to move the game outdoors due to the unavailability of the Samoana High School gymnasium with…

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9 May 2014
OFC confirm live streaming for Amicale v Auckland City

OFC TV undertook two days of testing from the match venue and will broadcast the Amicale v Auckland City FC game live from 2pm VANT on Saturday 10 May.The second leg to be played at Kiwitea Street, Sandringham, on Sunday 18 May, will also be streamed live through the same platform.You can watch all the…

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9 May 2014
‘We’ve just got to put in two good performances’

OFC Media: What has it been like coming from Asia to Vanuatu as a coach?Hall: Coming from a fully professional environment in Asia where you have fitness coaches, physios and doctors, the set-up here is obviously very different. That was a challenge, but I knew that when I came into the job and was fully…

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9 May 2014
Too close to call – Moise Poida

Poida, who was in charge of Amicale’s domestic rivals Tafea FC during the group stage, believes tomorrows capacity crowd of 9,000 could make or break the match for Amicale.“When the crowd gets behind Amicale it can lift them higher in their intensity and give them extra belief.“But it will be very tough even with home…

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9 May 2014
Late winner breaks Football Fern hearts

Facing a 1-0 deficit at halftime after a 38th minute opener from Takase Megumi, New Zealand midfielder Kirsty Yallop brought the Football Ferns level with a scorching strike from the edge of the box just after the hour mark as Tony Readings’ side pressed for their maiden victory over the world number three team.But the…

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9 May 2014
History beckons Amicale FC

Vanuatu clubs have been regular participants at the OFC Champions League tournament dating back to the first edition of Oceania’s showpiece event in 1999.But two clubs from the nation based in the West Pacific stick out most – Tafea and Amicale. Both teams have reached a final previously yet neither have had the requisite luck…

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9 May 2014
Yallop: We’ve come so far

Football Ferns midfielder Kirsty Yallop has seen a lot of firsts in her 10-year midfield tenure at international level and her performance against Japan in Osaka on Friday came close helping New Zealand earn their maiden victory over the Nadeshiko. Yallop rifled in an outstanding second half equaliser against the world number three side as…

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8 May 2014
Ferns eager for Japan challenge

The 20th ranked New Zealand side head into the match against the Nadeshiko replenished by the return of four players absent from the Cyprus Cup in March with fullbacks Ali Riley, Ria Percival and Anna Green back in the squad along with goalkeeper Rebecca Rolls.Readings, in charge of a team which has made big strides…

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8 May 2014
New Zealand make easy work of PNG

The Junior All Whites kicked the year’s activities off with two matches against Fiji, winning both with relative ease 5-0 and 4-1.Their third encounter saw them coming up against Papua New Guinea and New Zealand coach Darren Bazeley says not knowing a lot about his opponents ahead of this encounter wasn’t too much of concern.“We…

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