Football

Lautoka scores in 89th minute to hold Labasa in IDC

October 8, 2019 8:03 pm

Ravinesh Karan Singh on attack for Labasa [Source: Fiji Football]

The Labasa football team could not hold onto their 1-0 lead as Lautoka equalised in the 89th minute to force a one-all draw in the third match of the Courts IDC at Prince Charles Park.

Benjamin Totori was the saviour for the Blues as he scored in the 89th minute to make sure Lautoka earn at least a point from their first IDC match.

Siotame Kubu scored the goal for the northerners in the 10th minute after a brilliant through ball from Ravinesh Karan Singh.

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Labasa defence stood tall and did not give any chance for Lautoka to settle down until the 89th minute.

The Babasiga Lions applied continuous pressure and missed many goal scoring opportunities.

In the final match of day one of the IDC, Nadi will take on Suva at 8pm and you can catch the live commentary of this match on Radio Fiji Two.

In the Premier division games tomorrow,  Labasa will take on Tavua at 2pm, Suva will face Nasinu at 4pm, Nadi will take on Rewa at 6pm while Lautoka face Ba at 8pm.

You can catch the live commentary of the Suva-Nasinu, Nadi-Rewa and Lautoka-Ba matches on Radio Fiji Two.

Looking at the first game of the Premier Division, the Men in Black kicked off the IDC with a win against Tavua 2-0 as Sanaila Waqanicakau and Avinesh Suwamy scored for Ba.

In the second Premier division match held today, Nasinu stunned Rewa 2-1 with Joseph Mishra and Luke Savu scoring for the Giant Killers while Kavaia Rawaqa pulled one back for the Delta Tigers.

In the Senior division, the Lami football team kicked off the Courts IDC in style when they thrashed Dreketi 7-1 in the first Senior Division match at Prince Charles Park.

Lami’s goals were scored by Taneila Rakariva, Mohammed Yaseen, Ravneet Chand, France Catarogo, Asai Sesewa, and Shanil Kumar while Dreketi’s lone goal was scored by Saynal Subin Prasad.

In other Senior division matches, Savusavu beat Northland Tailevu 2-1, Navua defeated Tailevu Naitasiri 2-1 and Nadrooga beat Seaqaqa 3-1.

The Senior Division matches will kick-off at 11am tomorrow with Nadroga taking on Tailevu Naitasiri and Savusavu facing Lami at the same time, Navua will take on Seaqaqa at 1pm while Dreketi will face Northland Tailevu at 3pm.

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