Saturday, 4 June 2016

OFC update

Day -739. WorldCup2018‬

Oh Frank! Fiji lost their final group stage match in the OFC Nations Cup. Vanuatu beat them 3-2 but there is a silver lining for coach Frank Farina. Despite missing out on a semi final spot in this tournament on goal difference to Solomon Islands they did have a better goal difference than Vanuatu and, as the third place team, move on to round 3 of World Cup qualifying. The dream of redemption for Farina is still alive.

In today's other match New Zealand scored an 80th minute goal to beat Solomon Islands 1-0. If New Zealand do indeed make it to Russia it will be amusing to think that while they could be giving teams like Germany and Brazil a hard time, 2 years previously they struggled to beat Solomon Islands.

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