Samuela Gavo scores in his return to Lautoka after being out of OFC Champions League

The tall striker Samuela Gavo is a Lautoka player for a long period – but the match against Ba this Wednesday (15th Jul) might have a special taste for him despite the 2-1 defeat at Churchill Park. The striker played his first match for Lautoka since the Vodafone Premier League break in March. Gavo last match was against Suva in a 1-0 defeat for Lautoka – the big issue for the striker is that he was left out of the squad that travelled to Vanuatu to play the 2020 OFC Champions League. In that period, Samuela Gavo was unsure about the reasons of Lautoka management to let him out of OFC Champions League, as the N.10 of the Blues was a regular starter in the national league.

After the terrible campaign of Lautoka in the regional competition – where the Blues were beatean by Lae City from Papua New Guinea and Henderson Eels from Solomon Islands, only securing one point from a draw against Vanuatu’s side Malampa Revivors – the COVID-19 pandemics took place and forced the national league to a break.

Gavo had a good restart of his career in Lautoka as he scored the equalizer against Ba in the early stages of the second half; this was the second goal of the striker in the national league. Despite Gavo and his teammates efforts, the final result was 2-1 in favour of Ba that record their third win in three matches played so far in the Vodafone Premier League.