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I need a working link anyone got one. And who's winning?

EDIT> Got it all working. Hope we put 10 past Vanuatu since they got us kicked out of the Olympic qualifiers.

Edited by nomates: 31/5/2016 05:08:49 PM

For those looking for streams, the one TheSelectFew is linking is the official OFC stream and so far has been the same link for all games, so if you're looking for a stream for later games check that one first. Full link is https://iframe.dacast.com/b/54146/c/294329

Next up is Solomon Islands vs Fiji in 45 mins, Vanuatu need Fiji to win to have a chance of making the knockouts.

This is a good game. 0-0 56 minutes in but some good attacking football on show. Wellington's Krishna up front for Fiji (who are managed by Farina), and the Solomon Islands' main threat is ex-Wellington forward Benji Totori who now plays back in his homeland.

Krishna intelligently wins a penalty, tipping the ball away from the advancing GK who took him out.

Scores it - 1-0 Fiji 85th minute, if it stays this way Fiji will be favourites to advance to the semis provided they can get a result against Vanuatu.

Solomon Islands the better side, Shame about the pen.

Was going to say, harsh on the Solomons if it stays like this, they've controlled possession, been far more incisive and generally played the better football. Their finishing has let them down though. Their forwards are surprisingly technical and could cause NZ some trouble on the final matchday.

And it does finish 1-0, great result for Fiji who will probably go through with a draw against Vanuatu. Even a narrow loss might be enough if NZ beat the Solomons handsomely.

Edited by Adelphite: 31/5/2016 09:04:00 PM

Thanks for providing that OFC link. Look forward to watching NZ on the 4th.

Great game between the hosts and the holders - PNG went 2-0 up over Tahiti, who had their captain sent off for a bad foul with the score at 1-0. The pressure then got to the hosts as Tahiti rallied and clawed back to 2-2 with ten men. They sustained heavy pressure from PNG and many Tahitian players were out on their feet, but 2-2 the score remained.

The hosts face lowly Samoa on the final day - a win will see them to five points and probably a semi-final berth. However, assuming New Caledonia defeat Samoa later tonight, a draw between Tahiti and New Caledonia on the last day could see three teams on five points, with the deciding factor to be who can put the most past the unfancied Samoans. Otherwise, the Tahiti - New Caledonia match will be a straight knockout, with the winner progressing and the loser bowing out.

Agree, That will also be the game of the group to watch. I missed the PNG vs Tahiti game - any standouts for Tahiti?.

Farina's Fiji are in serious trouble in their final group game, 2-0 down at half time against Vanuatu. They can still progress with a loss but will need New Zealand to defeat the Solomon Islands heavily later tonight. If Fiji lose by 3 or more goals though they will be leapfrogged by Vanuatu anyway and will be knocked out.

Vanuatu have been well on top and Fiji seem very sluggish and show little attacking intent. Perhaps fatigue from their tough matches against the Kiwis and the Solomon Islands?

Come on Solomon Island!!!

Fiji clawed it back to 2-2 but lost 3-2 to a late penalty. They need NZ to win by 2+ goals to go through.

Yusssss!! Both AW's and Soly islands go through to semi's \:d/ and Fiji for 3rd WC group with Vanuatu out:-({|= .

Disappointing from Fiji, should have beaten the solomons by more and shouldnt have lost to Vanuatu. Quite a nmber of good players not in the squad for whatever reason, hopefully see them in the next stage of world cup qualifying.

PNG 2-0 up half an hour in, they need to beat Samoa by 7 goals to be guaranteed a semi-final berth.

An hour in and 5-0. A small correction - PNG need a 5 goal win to guarantee a top-2 finish regardless of the result of the other match. An 8 goal win would give them the chance to top the group (and avoid New Zealand) if the other match is a draw.

Full time 8-0! Feel for Samoa as they were clearly outclassed in all three games, PNG have given themselves a chance to top the group though. Tahiti vs New Caledonia is the final group game, kicking off in an hour. Permutations:

Tahiti win = Tahiti 1st, PNG 2nd
Draw = PNG 1st, New Caledonia 2nd
New Caledonia win = New Caledonia 1st, PNG 2nd.

PNG are through no matter what, and will be hoping for a draw to finish first and avoid NZ. A draw is okay for New Caledonia as they'll finish 2nd on goal difference but they would also prefer to win to avoid the heavyweights. Tahiti have to win to progress, though the upside for them is if they do they will progress in 1st place. Tahiti fans are getting fired up, someone has already edited the result on Wikipedia to be a 10-0 Tahiti win :lol:

I hope A-League scouts have been following this tournament. There are definitely some players who could make it professionally with a bit of work.

Edited by Adelphite: 5/6/2016 06:14:36 PM

The quality has definitely gone up.

Absolute thriller between Tahiti and New Caledonia - deadlocked until the 80th minute when New Caledonia (who were the better side for much of the game, particularly in the second half) found a breakthrough to make it 1-0, before Tahiti equalised with a backheel from a corner that wasn't properly cleared in the first minute of stoppage time to end it at 1-1.

The upshot is that the holders Tahiti bow out in 3rd place on goal difference, with Papua New Guinea taking 1st place in the group and New Caledonia in 2nd. So the semis will be:

New Zealand vs New Caledonia - Wed 8th June 4:00pm AEST

Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands - Wed 8th June 7:30pm AEST

The final is on Sat 11th June 4:00pm AEST :)

Edited by Adelphite: 8/6/2016 03:32:39 PM

PNG the team of the comp so far should beat Soly Islands easy. AW's will have to step up 10 folds to beat New Caledonia.

Solomon Islands have looked very dangerous in attack, and aside from the big win over Samoa, PNG have given up leads in their other matches. I'd still back PNG but I wouldn't be surprised if the Solomons can get past them.

New Zealand will need to lift but hopefully they'll be out for revenge after New Caledonia shocked them at this stage four years ago.

Edited by Adelphite: 6/6/2016 03:50:44 PM

I'm sure we can knock off the Caledonians, I am worried if we play PNG in the finials that we will be playing against the Refs/Lines men/crowd/ then the team.

Could you imagine PNG at the FIFA Confed cup?.

Game day! Need to take my mind off the Socceroos game last night. :lol:

Semi-finals kick off in half an hour with New Zealand vs New Caledonia. Same stream as usual: https://iframe.dacast.com/b/54146/c/294329

The hosts Papua New Guinea take on the Solomon Islands in SF2 at 7:30pm AEST tonight.

Half time NZL 0 - 0 NCL. Honestly New Caledonia have been the better team and generally look sharper in attack. New Zealand have given the ball away a lot in midfield, similar to the Socceroos last night. They will need to improve if they are to avoid a repeat of their embarrassing exit in the 2012 tournament.

Keep us updated, this will be funny as if NZ lose again.

NZ score just after half time! Wood gets the goal with a long-range free kick... it was straight at the keeper who dropped it into the net. Unfortunate for him and for New Caledonia, NZ won't mind though.

Full time NZL 1 - 0 NCL. The All Whites make their first finals appearance since 2002. In truth, New Caledonia dominated the game. They were easily the better of the two teams tonight but they gifted New Zealand the win with a pretty awful goalkeeping blunder. I feel for the unfortunate goalkeeper but it was a regulation catch right at him that he let burst through his hands. Otherwise their attacking play was very encouraging and they created a number of clear chances but failed to make them count, the most notable being a one-on-one shot that forced a good low save from the NZ keeper.

New Zealand won't mind how they come but their performance was very disappointing, losing possession and misplacing passes regularly, and they resorted to a number of cynical time-wasting tactics in the second half, including standing in front of the ball to prevent quick free-kicks, committing cynical fouls, taking a long time over set-pieces and throw-ins, and at the very end taking the ball to the corner.

I still think New Zealand will win the tournament, to me New Caledonia were the strongest of the semi-finalists outside of NZ themselves, but they will have to do better than that in the final.

Second semi-final about to kick off. Great crowd for this one, as you'd expect for a knockout game involving the hosts.

Very good game at the moment, baffles me that NPL teams are signing 4/5th division European journeymen when their are quality Islanders right on their door step.

Edited by apillay12: 8/6/2016 08:13:38 PM