Jean-Philippe Saïko awarded in New Zealand

New Caledonia international Jean-Philippe Saïko was named the player of the week of the 15th matchweek of 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership. The 29-year-old forward played a very important role at Tasman’s 2-1 win against Auckland City. Saïko’s great performance was crowned with a goal in the 95th minute that awarded the three points to TasmanContinue reading “Jean-Philippe Saïko awarded in New Zealand”

Georges Gope-Fenepej gets injured again

New Caledonia international Georges Gope-Fenepej suffered another injury on this Friday. The 31-year-old player left the pitch in the first half after being touched by an opponent in the 2-1 win against EA Guingamp. Fenepej was named for Le Mans’ starting eleven for the second straight match but he was not so luck in theContinue reading “Georges Gope-Fenepej gets injured again”

Jean-Philippe Saïko blows Auckland City’s invincibility

🇫🇷 français 🇫🇷 Tasman United won Auckland City by 2-1 in the 15th matchweek of 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership. New Caledonia international Jean-Philippe Saïko scored a late goal in the stoppage time to give the win to Tasman. Saïko keeps doing fine in his first ever season in New Zealand as he scored seven goalsContinue reading “Jean-Philippe Saïko blows Auckland City’s invincibility”

The champions are knocked-out: Hienghène is smashed by Eastern Suburbs

The ‘Group of Death’ was really tough; it can be proven when we realize the current OFC Champions League winners Hienghène Sport suffered 10 goals in three matches and is already knocked-out of the tournament still in the group stage. Eastern Suburbs was too strong for a very different Hienghène Sport. The team of FelixContinue reading “The champions are knocked-out: Hienghène is smashed by Eastern Suburbs”

Slim chances to qualify for Hienghène as they face strong Eastern Suburbs

The current champions of the OFC Champions League are close to a big disappointment: they will need to win Eastern Suburbs for at least a 4-goal margin if they want to depend only on their efforts to proceed to the next stage of the current edition of the regional tournament. If they win by aContinue reading “Slim chances to qualify for Hienghène as they face strong Eastern Suburbs”

Joseph Athalé: Hienghène is still alive

The current title holders of the OFC Champions League Hienghène Sport are in a hard situation in the group A of the current edition of the regional tournament; the New Caledonians lost by 4-1 against Galaxy FC from Vanuatu and draw in the late stages of the match against the hosts of Hekari United fromContinue reading “Joseph Athalé: Hienghène is still alive”

Galaxy needs some adjustments while Hienghène needs to reset their game plan

The Oceanian football community was shocked when the newcomers from Vanuatu Galaxy FC trashed the current title holders of OFC Champions League, the New Caledonians of Hienghène Sport, by 4-1 in both sides first games in the 2020 edition of the regional tournament. Hienghène shown defensive problems since the start of the game, not beingContinue reading “Galaxy needs some adjustments while Hienghène needs to reset their game plan”

Is Hienghène Sport at its last dance?

How could that happen? It was probably the question that everyone asked after the final score of the first match of Hienghène Sport in the Group A of the 2020 OFC Champions League. In fact that was astonishing for me as well. How could it be possible that a team who did it very wellContinue reading “Is Hienghène Sport at its last dance?”

This is not the Hienghène Sport we used to know

The current title holders of the OFC Champions League did not have any chance against the Ni-Vanuatu powerhouse Galaxy FC. Hienghène Sport lost many goal opportunities and were completely dominated by Galaxy attack, allowing the team coached by Batram Suri to score four times in the opening match of the Group A in Port Moresby,Continue reading “This is not the Hienghène Sport we used to know”

Galaxy demolishes title holders Hienghène Sport in Port Moresby

The first surprising result of the OFC Champions League happened in Port Moresby, where Galaxy displayed a very entertaining football to beat the current OFC Champions League champions Hienghène Sport from New Caledonia. In the Sir John Guise Stadium, the Ni-Vanuatu side wearing red seemed dangerous since the starting of the match, with the likesContinue reading “Galaxy demolishes title holders Hienghène Sport in Port Moresby”