The defending champions of the top-tier league of Solomon Islands didn’t manage to get a point in the Group A of the OFC Champions League 2024 – they ended up losing by 2-0 to Hekari United from Papua New Guinea, 3-2 for Rewa of Fiji and an emphatic defeat in the final group match to the later champions Auckland City from New Zealand by 5-0.
The Solomon Islands’ international and Warriors team captain Gagame Feni talked to Oceania Football Center about the campaign of his side in the tournament, that was not faced as a failure by the experienced striker: “I want to thank God for making us reaching another O-League; The boys played well, despite the results – Football is like thatm when you don’t finish your chances and stay concentrated for 90 minutes, you lose the game“, said Feni that scored the only two goals of his side curing the O-League‘s campaign.
Feni stated the wasted goalscoring chances by his team were crucial for not going ahead in the competition, but now it is past – the team coached by Franco Ne’e will focus on their return to Honiara and the domestic league. “We switch our focus to TSL now, I believe in the boys will do what they capable of. It’s won’t be easy, Central Coast and few other teams in the league are very strong, we just need to put our heads back in tsl now to defend the title“, said Feni to Oceania Football Center.
As Warriors return home, their next match will be this Wednesday (29th May) against SOSA FC. Due their campaign in OFC Champions League, most of their matches were postponed: Warriors sit now six points away the leaders Real Kakamora, but there are still three matches to catch up in comparison to all other clubs involved in the competition. Before their travel to Tahiti, Warriors had won all their three encounters in the national league. Will Feni and his teammates be able to cope with the pressure and win another Telekom S-League season?
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