Three teams have now booked their places in the FMF Inter District Championship semifinals.

RC Manubhai Ba was the latest team to qualify following their 3-1 over Partlink Automotive/Star Pools/Manasa Export/Equipment Express Nadroga at the 4R Govind Park last night.

Ba and Rewa are the confirmed teams from group B, and they’ll meet tonight to decide who will be the pool winner.

Labasa is the lone team from group A that’s qualified, leaving Suva, Nadi, and Lautoka battling for the second spot.

Nadroga’s Malakai Lavecake silenced the thousands of Ba crowd when his shot inside the box beat goalkeeper Alzaar Alam in the first quarter of the match.

With the backing of the home crowd, Ba regrouped and equalized through their captain Penisoni Tirau, who calmly beat three defenders to score.

Tirau says it was a real test of character for them after the Stallions scored.

“We were 1-nil down and I told the boys never give up, believe in ourselves, this is God testing our faith and our belief in each other, we need to fight back, get the 3 points so we can qualify for the semifinals.”

Vilitati Kautoga brought the fans to their feet midway in the second spell when he ran to a well-placed ball by Etonia Dogalau before firing it home passed Nadroga goalkeeper Jione Naitau. It was similar to Kautoga’s goal against Vantex Solutions Navua on Tuesday night.

Kautoga then put the result beyond reach with his second when he combined with Nabil Begg for the team’s third.

Ba director of football Rodeck Singh says the team proved their critics wrong again.

“The boys are really shouldering this IDC, they are here to play well, they proved people and critics wrong and they’re here to do it for the people of Ba.”

Ba faces Rewa at 8 tonight in its final pool match and the live commentary will air on Radio Fiji 2.

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