Tahiti earn Spain’s respect

Yet, in the build-up to the game there was no question of the Spanish camp taking their opponents lightly. For the players named on Vicente del Bosque’s team list, the match provided them with a welcome opportunity to shine, the majority of them having started Spain’s group opener against Uruguay on the bench.Among the men…

Tahiti started brightly, much to the delight of the crowd, but they found themselves behind within five minutes. Fernando Torres collected possession down the left, played a one-two with Juan Mata, and strode into the area. From an acute angle, Torres surprised goalkeeper Mikael Roche by electing to shoot rather than cross for the lurking…

Tahiti share Group B with Nigeria, Uruguay and Spain and oceaniafootball.com is pleased to be bringing you a rundown of the three teams Tahiti will face at the tournament with the focus today on Spain.The Oceania representatives inscribed a momentous piece of history into the ledger for Tahitian football when Jonathan Tehau scored their first…

Tahiti’s 23 resolute battlers arrived in South America with the intention of locking horns with Nigeria, Spain and Uruguay without any semblance of a track record, apart from their unexpected victory in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, a result which qualified them for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013.The Toa Aito (Tahitian for ‘Iron Warriors’)…

VFF futsal development officer Louis Dominique said the team has already been together for two months, with 14 players currently training as a pre-selection squad.“We used to train once a month, but today we are training four days a week,” Dominique says.“We have a young team and they have to make the effort and prepare…