Courtesy: Fiji Times


Micah leads goal chase

by Anare Ravula

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

SOLOMON Islander Micah Lea'alafa tops the scoring list with six goals in the Oceania Futsal championship being held at the Vodafone Arena.

Teammate and ca¡p¡tain Elliot Ragomo is second with five goals.

Ragomo had played for the Thunder in the Asian Football Confederation Club Futsal Championship in Iran.

The two have been instrumental in the side's achievement leading the rest of the field in the points table with six points after being undefeated in their two games.

Vanuatu is second with six points because of goal average but also registered six points after wins over Tuvalu and Tahiti.

The defending champions Solomons Futsal soccer team (the Kurukuru) registered its second win over New Zealand 8-4 in the feature match last night.

Solomon Islands certainly proved they are the team to beat with an emphatic 9-2 win over New Caledonia in their tournament opener on Sunday.

NZ went into the lead 3-2 in the first half of the tough encounter but well-structured moves by the Kurukuru side paid dividend in the end.

Ace player Jack Wetney revealed Tahiti would be tough.

"Through my experience in the OFC Futsal Championship, this is a very tough team to play against," he said.

They will face the Tahitians tomorrow evening.

Meanwhile, Tahiti bounced back from it's 0-2 loss to Fiji and outclassed Tuvalu 4-0 yesterday.

Defender Teva Durot and wing Loic Oldham scored two goals in the first half while Rene Devendeville scored a double after the breather.


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