The match between Ba and Rewa in the Vodafone U19 Youth League 2019 Final Playoff was interrupted after an assault on the referee by a Rewa player. Ba was winning by 2-0 when the assault happened.
Ba U19 starting eleven against Labasa. Source: Fiji FA Media
Ba, Rewa and Labasa are the three teams that are contesting the Vodafone U19 Youth League 2019 Final Playoff. The 2-0 partial would give the national title to Ba.
According to FBC News, it was confirmed by Fiji FA Competitions Manager, Amitesh Pal that there will be meeting to deliberate on the outcome of this situation. Oceania Football Center repudiate every kind of violence specially at youth level
According to the team’s vice-president Peter Seske, the team has engaged a lawyer to get a restraining court order to stop the National Soccer League and investigate the use of Morobe Wawens registration fees and PNG NSL sponsorship funding this season under national business laws.
PNG Football Association has awarded three points to Star Mountain as Wawens did not show up to face them this weekend. Wawens are currently in the seventh position in the national league and you can check the current standings and the top scorers by clicking here.
Paul O’Reilly is not Southern United’s head coach anymore. After managing the team for almost four years he is coming back to Ireland. According to O’Reilly the reason for leaving the role is a mix of personal and professional reasons.
It was reported that O’Reilly received a job offer from his homeland Ireland and he could not wait until the end of the season to go. His last match as Southern’s head coach was a 6-0 loss against Eastern Suburbs this weekend.
Assistant coach Terry Boylan will manage Southern United until the end of the season.
One of the greatest Ni-Vanuatu footballers of all time, Yatel’s head coach Richard Iwai left his homeland to work in an Australian farm for seven months. Assistant coach Kiki Hinge will manage the team from now on.
Richard Iwai
It is a very common practice in Vanuatu and many players leave the country every single year to work in farms for some monhts as the local football is not professional so the players need to earn money someway.
According to local sources Galaxy fielded suspended players in order to prepare the team for 2020 OFC Champions League so they wanted to use all players in the match. The three points were awarded to Tupuji Imere.
It is not known if Galaxy FC will face any other punishment for it. You can check the current standings and the top scorers of 2020 PVFA Opening Cup by clicking here.
Brazilian defender Erick Joe made his debut for Hekari United in the 4-1 win against Kutubu in Goroka for the sixth matchweek of 2019-20 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League. His countryman Vinicius also travelled to Goroka but he did not play.
Erick Joe (fouth from left to right on top) with Hekari United squad
Hekari kept their unbeaten run as they are leading the league with six wins in six matches. You can check the current league standings and the top scorers by clicking here.
Papua New Guinean winger David Browne played another match for HJK in Finland. He played 72 minutes in the 2-1 win against HIFK in the 2020 Finnish Cup.
Former Shepherds United player Charley Alick Tupac passed away in Vanuatu. He is a legendary player of Shepherds and lots of people went to his funeral.
Oceania Football Center send condolences to all fans, friends and relatives.
ATK travelled 300km from Kolkata to Jamshedpur to face Jamshedpur FC in the 15th matchweek of 2019-20 Indian Super League. Fijian player Roy Krishna was named for ATK’s starting eleven one more time and he ruled the match by putting an end at his goalless streak.
Krishna was on fire and he opened the scoreboard in the second minute of the game after a Jamshedpur’s defensive mistake to give the 1-0 lead to ATK and that was the half time score. Things got easier for ATK when Jamshedpur’s Jitendra Singh was sent off in the beginning of the second half so Krishna and his teammates had more space to play. It helped them to find the goal for two more times as Krishna delievered an assist to Edu Garcia score in the 59th minute while Krishna scored by himself in the 75th minute. You can check the highlights by clicking here.
Krishna (in the middle) celebrating a goal with his teammates. Source: ATK Media
The final score was 3-0 and Krishna netted a brace and dashed an assist. He currently has ten goals and five assists in fifteen matches while ATK keeps leading the league with 30 points in fifteen matches. He should be considered as a big contender to win the 2019-20 Indian Super League MVP award.
Vito Laloata is one of the newest players of Hekari United from Papua New Guinea for 2020. He has recently made his debut for the club and showed a good level of play in the match.
Despite arriving this year, the negotiations started six months ago – “The Pacific Games were played in Samoa last year. I scored a goal against New Zealand and that was the game that Hekari United picked me up because of the skills I had,” he said. Laloata scored three goals in four matches and he was one of the most important Samoan players in the tournament.
He is not the first player from Samoa to play for Hekari United as Andrew Setefano played there in 2011. However Setefano was not linked to Laloata’s transfer to Papua New Guinea – “It was our vice president of Football Federation Samoa Lai Tautiaga,” said Laloata – “I am proud and thankful for receiving this opportunity. It is a way to increase my skills and develop my talent […] There are many Samoan players looking for this kind of opportunity, he added.
Laloata playing for Hekari United against Tusbab Stallions. Source: PNG FA Media
The 23 years old player is one of the most talented players from his country and this is a huge opportunity for him to progress in his career – “My desire is to always have a chance to play by putting all the energy into the game for the sake of the club and providing a good place to host my beloved country Samoa,” he pointed.
It is not known if Laloata will make it to Hekari’s squad for 2020 OFC Champions League or not as Hekari currently count on many foreign players and only four of them can play for a team in the Champions League according to the tournament rules.
