Suva is out of contention for a place in the final of the OFC Futsal Men’s Champions League in New Caledonia after suffering a 5-1 defeat to Mataks FC of the Solomon Islands last night.
Mana brothers, Junior and Ellis starred in the victory for Mataks FC to seal their spot in the final while a 26th minute red card to Nikil Chand made life difficult for Suva.
Junior Mana fired the Solomon Islands team in front in the fifth minute after a nice one two with Billy Afi.
The goal sparked an almost immediate response from the Fijian champions.
In the 11th minute Suva FC captain Rajneel Singh fired home from an acute angle to level the scores. Both sides had a couple of half chances but there was no further scoring in the half.
Mataks started the second half well with Ellis Mana putting them up before the red card incident.
Junior Mana got the third and Ellis completed a hat-trick as Suva ran out of options and ideas on the court.
The result guarantees a Mataks FC final on Sunday against New Caledonian side AS PTT regardless of the result of the remaining three round robin matches.
