Football

Suva misses seven at training

August 13, 2019 3:16 pm

The Suva football side will be training without seven of its key players ahead of the Vodafone Premier League match against Lautoka.

The side was beaten 4-1 by Lautoka in the semi-final on Saturday and plays the Blues in the latest round of the league.

Suva FA president Ritesh Pratap says five of his players are in the national FUTSAL camp, while another two are with the Fiji Under-23 squad.

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However, he says the players will join the team later this week for the Sunday encounter.

Pratap says the team needs to regroup and is aiming for maximum points to better its chances of a top-two finish in the league.

On Sunday, in a double-header at the Uprising Sports Centre, Rewa will take on Nadi at 1pm, followed by Suva battling Lautoka at 3pm.

The Ba-Labasa match starts at 3pm at the Fiji FA Academy Ground on Saturday and you can catch a live commentary of this game on Radio Fiji 2.