Football

Nadroga to face Navua in Senior division final

October 12, 2019 3:30 pm

The Nadroga football team came from one-nil down to beat Savusavu 2-1 in the Courts IDC Senior division semifinal at Prince Charles Park in Nadi.

The northerners scored in the 29th minute through Shavneet Chandra to take a 1-0 lead.

Savusavu could not maintain its lead as Nadroga showed its experience and equalised in the 40th minute through Jonas Nacewa.

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Both teams went into the breather with scores tied at one-all.

The humid conditions did not help Savusavu at all as Nacewa scored his second goal in the 55th minute to take a 2-1 lead.

Nadroga will face Navua in the final after the Senior division champions defeated Lami 4-2 in the first semifinal.

The goals for Navua were scored by Joseph Elder, Vineet Chand, Sharad Kumar and Thomas Dunn while Jasnit Vikash and Apisai Sewasewa scored for Lami.

The Senior division final will take place tomorrow at 2pm.

The Premier division semifinal will kick-off at 4pm between Labasa and hosts Nadi followed by Ba and Suva at 6pm.

You can hear the live commentaries of both these matches on Radio Fiji Two.