Micah Tommy: Ba is ready for the challenge

Current Vodafone Premier League winners, Ba built a very strong squad for 2020 OFC Champions League which brough lots of expectations on them. The spotlight is not only on the players as Ba count on Ricki Herbert, a very experienced head coach that managed New Zealand in 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa who has the mission of taking the Fijian side to the top of Oceanian football.

Ba must be ready for the challenge of playing OFC Champions League for one more time. Ni-Vanuatu forward Micah Tommy pointed the importance of having an experience coach for the tournament “He is very good on reading the game and tactics […] Nothing is impossible with Ricki“.

With some import players and many Fiji National Team players, the squad got even stronger when it was announced that Papua New Guinea international Alwin Komolong joined the team for the continental tournament – “He is a great player. We will be stronger with him,” said Tommy.

The Men in Black are in the Group D and they are going to debut tomorrow against Auckland City in a match that must be the toughest one for Ba as Micah pointed – “Auckland will be a problem for us but we will give our best. The 90 minutes will talk“.

It is going to be Micah’s first ever appearence in the OFC Champions League and it is a moment full of pride in his life – “Playing the OFC Champions League is an honor for me because it represents a new level in my career. Hope I can make the next stage just like Galaxy FC and Malampa Revivors from my country,” he said. Both teams from Vanuatu have already qualified for the knockout stage and Tommy wants to be there as well.

The Champions League is a great opportunity for him to show his quality. The OFC Nations Cup is arriving and a good performance in this tournament may give him a spot in Vanuatu’s squad for the tournament.