Courtesy: Fiji Live


Solomons ready for FUTSAL battle

June 06, 2008

They are new and inexperienced in FUTSAL soccer, but don’t count out the Solomon Islands team form this weekend’s Vodafone Oceania Football Confederation FUTSAL competition.

The week long meet starts at the Vodafone Arena in Suva tomorrow and the Solomon Islanders, according to team manager Simon Dyer, will be on fire when they open the tournament against New Zealand tomorrow.

“We have a very young team which was put together a month ago. We are new to the code but we have the underdog fighting spirit to score upsets,” he added.

“We anticipate a close competition with all teams coming prepared to win the qualifier. Fiji, New Zealand and Vanuatu are our threats but we will be there to fight everyone to win the round robin competition,” he added.

Solomons open the tournament against New Zealand tomorrow at 5pm followed by Tuvalu and Vanuatu (6.30pm), and Fiji against New Caledonia at 8pm.

June 9: 5pm: NZ vs Vanuatu, 6.30pm: Solomon Is vs New Caledonia, 8pm: Tuvalu vs Tahiti.

June 10: 5pm: Vanuatu vs New Caledonia, 6.30pm: NZ vs Tahiti, 8pm: Solomon Is vs Fiji.

June 11: 5pm: New Caledonia vs Tahiti, 6.30pm: Vanuatu vs Fiji, 8pm: NZ vs Tuvalu.

June 12: 5pom: Tahiti vs Fiji, 6.30pm: New Caledonia vs Tuvalu, 8pm: Vanuatu vs Solomon Is.

June 13: 5pm: Fiji vs Tuvalu, 6.30pm: Tahiti vs Solomon Is, 8pm: New Caledonia vs New Zealand.

June 14: 5pm: Tuvalu vs Solomon Is, 6.30pm: Fiji vs NZ, 8pm: Tahiti vs Vanuatu.

The tournament will be from June 7-14 at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.






Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com