Oceania Football Center recently reported that Maxwell Keana was suspended by SIFF because he lied his age pretending to be younger. Keana should have showed up for a testimonial about this case but he did not appear.
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) confirmed that Maxwell Keana is suspended from football activities in OFC region for 12 months. Besides that, SIFF also received a NZ$10.000 fine.
Solomon Islands was also excluded from 2020 OFC U16 Championship.
Hienghéne Sport fought hard against Al-Sadd and impressed all the fooball world with a close match against a full-professional side, current the title holders of Qatar first tier.
Hienghène used a defensive formation to avoid spaces for the opposition side. They were succesful until the 26th minute of play when Baghdad Bounedjah found the nets for Al-Sadd for the first, winning Rocky Nyikeine and putting the Xavi Hernández side in front.
Al-Sadd kept creating many opportunities to score, in fact they did score a second goal in the match still in the first half but VAR came in aid of the Oceania champions to disallow the 2nd goal of Al-Sadd.
In the beggining of the second half of the match, history was written by the New Caledonian striker Antoine Roine – the same who scored from the middle of the park against AS Magenta in the OFC Champions League grand final. He won the battle with the defender and found the nets of Al-Sheeb to put the 1-1 in the score. A foul was awarded to Al-Sadd by the referee in the play, but VAR stated it was all clear and the goal was finally in the scoreboard.
Al-Sadd after suffering the equalizer seemed to not believe what was happening. The New Caledonians have scored and got morale boost – Joseph Athalé was doing great in the defense to help Hienghène. Al-Sadd had another disallowed goal by VAR in the second half, but created many chances to score, sometimes the Qatari inaccuracy prevented Hienghène to suffer one more goal, but Rocky Nyikeine managed to make various important stops in order to help Hienghène to keep the game equalized.
Something no one expected happened: Hienghène managed to 1-1 draw in the 90 minutes and the game went to extra-time. Al-Sadd kept losing chances, but unfortunately a mistake helped Abdelkarim Hassan to score the second goal of Al-Sadd. Cédric Sansot intercepted a ball that went in direction of Nyikeine, unfortunately the goalkeeper used his hand to grab the ball – a back pass, that made the referee to give a free-kick inside the box for Al-Sadd that was well taken by Hassan.
In the second half of the extra-time, Nyikeine recovered from the error and made decent stops, but Pedro Miguel found the nets once again for Al-Sadd with powerful shot in the edge of the box.
The match ended with a 3-1 victory for the home side that will now face Mexican club Monterrey. Hienghène surely made all their people in New Caledonia with a good performance despite the defeat. Football commentators praised Joseph Athalé and Rocky Niykeine for their fantastic match.
Hienghène suffered and got very tired in the final minutes of the game and in the extra-time. The lack physical conditioning of the Oceanians was the crucial part of the game that made them lost to Al-Sadd; maybe the story could be told differently if the New Caledonians did not get so tired in the final moments of the clash.
Hienghène now turns their attentions to the next edition of OFC Champions League that starts in 2020, February for the current title holders that will expect to defend their continental glory.
After the announcemt that Solomon Islands international Joses Nawo would be leaving Henderson Eels to attend trials in Malta Premier League side Tarxien Rainbows, it was reported by Netherlands Oceania Support Foundation that the 23-year old midfielder Atkin Kaua would be also joining Nawo in order to sign a contract with Tarxien Rainbows in Malta.
Despite the invitation, Paul Driessen – the responsible to set the details for both players to have their trials in Europe – urged Kaua and Solomon Islands community to conclude the proceedings, sponsoring the player to reach the European nation and attend to the trials: “Atkin needs to hurry in getting his funds as soon as possible. This is a unique chance which any Pacific Islander should grab. This invitation came quite suddenly but can also be pulled back. It is a very narrow opportunity window. I truly hope that a sponsor steps up in Solomon Islands in the coming days. Those who contribute would automatically be co-responsible to writing football history for their nation“. The page also added that “The clock is now ticking for Atkin Kaua as it is for Joses Nawo. Atkin has to find a sponsor in Solomon Islands within a week in order to cover his trial costs“.
The player who has his education in New Zealand also played for the ISPS Handa Premiership side Canterbury United is currently playing at Telekom S-Legue for Laugu United. The midfielder already scored nine goals in the competition and also wears the armband to captain his side in their comeback to the most important league in the nation.
Kaua also took part in the previous competition played by the Solomon Islands national team that took place in Samoa – the Pacific Games. The played also took part in international friendlies, as the 4-3 for Singapore playing in the Asian country.
The Maltese side both Kaua and Nawo will be attending is currently in the bottom of the standings in the top-tier of football in Malta and is hopeful that the Solomon Islands internationals can boost the quality of the team in the fight against relegation.
Oceania Football Center wishes the best for the playes as we thank Netherlands Oceania Support Foundation to keep helping the evolution of the sport in the Pacific.
ATK is ready to sign Mandi Sosa. The 30 years old Spanish midfielder will meet his former teammates Roy Krishna and David Williams. He is expected to arrive in Kolkata this week.
Sosa, Krishna and Williams played together in Wellington Phoenix during 2018-19 Hyundai A-League season, the top tier of Australian football. Sosa’s arrival will be a replacement for Carl McHugh, who suffered an ankle injury against Mumbai City.
Sosa played 24 matches in 2018-19 Hyundai A-League, scoring two goals and delievering four assist. His arrival may boost Krishna and Williams’ performance for current Indian Super League leaders.
The Port Vila Premier League cancelled this weekend matches. Next matchweek is scheduled for January.
It was decided in a meeting between Port Vila Football Association and representants of the teams. All Premier League clubs agreed to stop the league and go for a break. The holidays arrived in a good moment to match with clubs’ complainings about the bad quality of Port Vila Stadium’s pitch.
Vanuatu is currently in a dry season and the pitch is not being watered. It was already reported by Oceania Football Center that the pitch is in unplayable conditions and many players got injured because of it. Club managers requested for a improvement in the grass quality.
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Alex Saniel is the newest player of Franklin United for 2020 season! The 23 years old forward signed with his new club two weeks ago.
Saniel last played for Papatoetoe AFC in Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Conference, helping his former team to get the promotion for NRFL Division 2. He recently won Pacific Cup playing for Lautoka.
Franklin’s head coach Mark Holt looks very happy with Saniel’s arrival: “He is an exciting player who not only scores goals, but has speed, clever movement and his link play makes him a real handful for any opponent.” he said.
He has represented his country at U17, U20 and Senior level. He made his Senior International debut in November 2017 against Estonia and scored his first goal at that level a month later against New Calendonia.
Sarpreet Singh was one of the called up players for Bayern Münich’s clash against Tottenham in the last match of UEFA Champions League group stage. He remained on the bench during the whole match in the 3-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur.
It is the fourth time that Singh is selected for a Bayern’s first squad match. He was also on the bench in German Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund and two other matches against Energie Cottbus (German Cup) anda Hertha Berlin (Bundesliga). However he has not had the opportunity to play for Bayern’s first team yet.
Nevertheless, Singh is having a great season playing for Bayern II. He scored four goals and delievered six assists in fourteen matches so far in 3.Liga, the third tier of German football.
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) invited Vanuatu’s U16 Men’s National Team to play UEFA Assist Tournament in 2020 in Latvia.
The tournament is going to count on four teams: Latvia, Armenia, Vanuatu and a fourth nation that is not confirmed, but it is probably going to be Santa Lucia.
UEFA Assist Program will cover the costs for a delegation of twenty-eight people which includes twenty players and eight staff members.
After a weekend without any match, Telekom S-League is back with two midweek clashes that affected the middle of the league standings. Scroll down and check what happened in these two matches!
KOSSA 9-1 REAL KAKAMORA
Huge losses are not big news when it is about Real Kakamora. They were hammered again to remain in the last position with zero points. Harrison Mala was the topscorer of the match with four goals scored while some young players like Javin Wae (2), Adrian Mara (1) and Charlie Mani (1) also scored. Joachim Waroi netted the remaining goal. Kossa is now in the fourth position with 20 points.
MARIST 0-0 ISABEL UNITED
It ended as it has started, 0-0. A very bad result for both teams. This draw ended Isabel’s winning run as they now have Kossa just two points behind them. Marist remains in the sixth position with 17 points and they missed a huge opportunity to overtake Malaita Kings to stay in the fifth position.
Central Coast Mariners announced that they signed a two-year extension with 20 years old midfielder Gianni Stensness. He joined the team in August on a one-year contract and now he is attached to the club until 2022.
Stensness is being a regular starter in Central Coast Mariners, playing all Mariners’ seven matches in Hyundai A-League so far. He is also part of New Zealand U23 National Team. He represented New Zealand in OFC Olympic Qualfiers and helped his country to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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