Auckland all but book berth in final

The match was expected to be a tight encounter with Auckland the defending champions and Ba having made it through the group stages undefeated but it was the cool heads of Auckland who won out on the day after ill-discipline from Ba resulted in the Men in Black being reduced to nine men.The first half…

And anyone expecting a repeat of Auckland’s last OFC Champions League semi-final with Fijian opposition back in 2006 is likely to have to think again. That day, Auckland destroyed Nokia Eagles 9-1 at North Harbour Stadium en route to their first Oceania club title.This time they face an undefeated Ba side eager to repeat their…

The vital victory, secured courtesy of a first-half double from Fijian international Roy Krishna, means Waitakere now have an excellent chance of earning a shot at the title with two away goals in the bag and the home leg looming at Fred Taylor Park in a week’s time.The advantage may have been even greater had…

It is largely a trip into the unknown as, having been placed in separate groups, Waitakere are yet to face Amicale and Marshall admits he knows little about the abilities of the Reds.“We don’t know a lot about them at all. I’ve had some brief verbals on them from a number of different people that…

See below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups:Amicale: 1. Chikau MANSALE [GK], 2. Samuel KALOROS, 6. Samuela KAUTOGA, 11. Fenedy MASAUVAKALO, 15. Alphonse BONGNAIM, 16. Daniel NATOU, 17. Nelson Sale KILIFA (c), 18. Jack WETNEY, 19. Souleymane SARR, 25. Joses NAWO, 29. Dominique FREDSubstitutes: 3. Chanel OBED, 7. Jean-Robert YELOU, 13. Pape GUEYE, 20. Michael…

The action will be streamed live at youtube.com/OFCfootball and a direct link will be provided via the OFC website at oceaniafootball.comThe opening 1st Leg Semi-Final match takes place between Vanuatu’s Amicale and New Zealand’s Waitakere United on Saturday 4 May at Port Vila Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 3pm local time (4pm New Zealand…

Run by FIFA instructors Didier Chambaron, also OFC head of coach education, and Daniel Shirley, OFC player development officer, the course aims to provide coaches from Oceania’s member associations, with the exception of New Caledonia, New Zealand and Tahiti, the opportunity and necessary tools to become instructors themselves.The six-day course will focus on skills that…

The two groups are made up of referee Norbert Hauata of Tahiti who is joined by Mark Rule of New Zealand and Tevita Makasina of Tonga and New Zealand referee Peter O’Leary with colleagues Jan Hendrick-Hintz of New Zealand and Ravinesh Kumar of Fiji.The six Oceania representatives joined 21 participants from the Asia Football Confederation…