OFCCL | Semi-Final Leg 1 Lautoka vs. Marist

SEMI-FINAL LEG 1 - LAUTOKA LAUTOKA FC VS.

MARIST FC

OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL CHURCHILL PARK LAUTOKA 22 APRIL 2018 KICK-OFF: 3.00PM @ofcfootball WWW.OCEANIAFOOTBALL.COM

OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018 QUALIFIER 20 January Tupapa Maraerenga

Veitongo FC

1-0 1-1

23 January Veitongo FC

Pago Youth

2-9 Tupapa Maraerenga 1-13 Lupe Ole Soaga

26 January Lupe Ole Soaga

Pago Youth

6-0 0-5

Veitongo FC Tupapa Maraerenga

Lupe Ole Soaga Pago Youth

CLUB

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

Tupapa Maraerenga

3

3

0

0

15

2

13

9

2

Lupe Ole Soaga

3

2

0

1

19

2

17

6

3

Veitongo FC

3

0

1

2

3

16

-13

1

4

Pago Youth

3

0

1

2

2

19

-17

1

GROUP A | KORMAN STADIUM, PORT VILA 10 February Tupapa Maraerenga

Nalkutan FC

2-7 1-0

Lae City Dwellers Ba FC

13 February Lae City Dwellers

Tupapa Maraerenga

1-0 0-4

Ba FC Nalkutan FC

16 February Ba FC

Lae City Dwellers

4-1 1-4

Tupapa Maraerenga Nalkutan FC

CLUB

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

Nalkutan FC

3

3

0

0

9

1

8

9

2

Lae City Dwellers

3

2

0

1

9

6

3

6

3

Ba FC

3

1

0

2

4

3

1

3

4

Tupapa Maraerenga

3

0

0

3

3

15

-12

0

GROUP B | STADE PATER, PAPEETE 11 February Erakor Golden Star

AS Dragon

2-0 Solomon Warriors 4-0 AS Lossi

14 February Solomon Warriors

Erakor Golden Star

6-1 AS Lossi 3-4 AS Dragon

17 February AS Lossi

Solomon Warriors

2-2 Erakor Golden Star 2-1 AS Dragon

CLUB

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

AS Dragon

3

2

0

1

9

5

4

6

2

Solomon Warriors

3

2

0

1

8

4

4

6

3

Erakor Golden Star

3

1

1

1

7

6

1

4

4

AS Lossi

3

0

1

2

3

12

-9

1

GROUP C | TRUSTS STADIUM, AUCKLAND 25 February Lautoka FC

AS Venus

3-1 Madang FC 0-7 Auckland City FC

28 February AS Venus 1-2 Lautoka FC

Auckland City FC 5-0 Madang FC 3 March

Madang FC 1-2 AS Venus Auckland City FC 1-0 Lautoka FC

CLUB

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

Auckland City FC

3

3

0

0

13

0

13

9

2

Lautoka FC

3

2

0

1

5

3

2

6

3

AS Venus

3

1

0

2

3

10

-7

3

4

Madang FC

3

0

0

3

2

10

-8

0

GROUP D | LAWSON TAMA STADIUM, HONIARA 24 February AS Magenta

Marist FC

2-0 Lupe Ole Soaga 1-1 Team Wellington

27 February Team Wellington

Marist FC

7-1 Lupe Ole Soaga 1-1 AS Magenta

2 March

5-1 AS Magenta 1-3 Marist FC

Team Wellington Lupe Ole Soaga

CLUB

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

Team Wellington

3

2

1

0

13

3

10

7

2

Marist FC

3

1

2

0

5

3

2

5

3

AS Magenta

3

1

1

1

4

6

-2

4

4

Lupe Ole Soaga

3

0

0

3

2

12

-10

0

QUARTER FINALS 7 April

Team Wellington

11-0 Lae City Dwellers

Nalkutan FC

1-2 Marist FC

AS Dragon

1-2 Lautoka FC

8 April

Auckland City FC 2-0 Solomon Warriors

SEMI-FINALS LEG 1 22 April LEG 2 29 April

Lautoka FC _-_ Marist FC

Team Wellington _-_ Auckland City FC

Auckland City FC _-_ Team Wellington

Marist FC _-_ Lautoka FC

FINAL LEG 1 12 or 13 May

Winner SF 2 _-_ Winner SF 1

LEG 2 19 or 20 May

Winner SF 1 _-_ Winner SF 2

TEAM LISTS

SUBSTITUTIONS:

SUBSTITUTIONS:

ON ON ON

ON ON ON

Coach: Kamal SWAMY [FIJ] Assistant Coach: Aginesh PRASAD [FIJ]

Coach: Jerry ALLEN [SOL] Assistant Coach: Jerry SAM [SOL]

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KALTACK REFLECTS ON LAUTOKA JOURNEY

As one of three import players Ni-Vanuatu defender Brian Kaltack has helped form the backbone of Lautoka FC in the 2018 edition of the OFC Champions League.

The 25-year-old defender, along with New Zealand midfielder Cory Chettleburgh and veteran Solomon Islands striker Benji Totori, has made a solid a contribution to the Fijian side’s OFC Champions League campaign including scoring the winner in a tight quarter final against AS Dragon in Tahiti.

Having journeyed across the Pacific plying his trade, Kaltack believes the fit with Lautoka has been instantaneous and is reflected in the results the side has achieved so far.

“As the foreigners, the import players, we get on well with the team and so far it’s been good.

“We’re a team to watch,” Kaltack said.

He’s not wrong.

Few expected Lautoka to get as far as the semi-finals after being absent from the regional stage for over ten years.

Now they have the opportunity to go all the way to the final and Kaltack said it has been an amazing journey so far.

“Every first game in the pool is important and we headed into that game with the idea in our minds that we have to win it,” he recalled of the opening Group C match against Madang.

“We scored the first goal but then suddenly they equalised. We had to find a way to keep the boys together and on track.”

AS Venus was a different story althogether for Lautoka according to Kaltack.

“You can see from the start that we underestimated them and they scored the first goal because of that,” he admited.

“To chase one goal ahead of us you have to be strong and like I said earlier, we just had to come together, pull together and overcome the challenge.

“To be honest, I thought we were going to lose the game but after that we came from behind and scored a winning goal.”

With two wins under their belt Lautoka had every right to feel confident going into the final group stage encounter against reigning regional champions Auckland City FC. “For myself, I had confidence for the team that we can do it, we can beat Auckland City or we can play some systems to beat them,” Kaltack said.

“I think we went into the game with high intensity, high morale among the boys and the coaches as well.

“Before we went we knew they were the best team, a good team from Tahiti and their group winners.

“But we prepared really well for the game, we came together as a team and managed to be the winning side.”

Kaltack is modest about the role he played in sending Lautoka to their first OFC Champions League semi-final. His 89th minute header proved the winner in a tight match that otherwise looked to be heading to extra time.

“That was interesting,” he said, “it was the 85th, 89th minute and there was a corner kick.

“I went up there with only one condition - I score this goal or we go to extra time.

“I just went across and met the ball. I didn’t know that I had scored a goal I just headed it and fell to the ground.

When I stood up all the boys were cheering and running towards me so I just celebrated the goal with them,.

“It was crazy. We deserved it.”

“We did well in the first half but after one of us got a red card and we were a man down we had to be smart. We tried our best and it was still a good game even though we lost.”

This weekend Lautoka will face their toughest challenge yet as they take on Marist FC in the first of the two-leg home-and-away semi-final.

Next up was another long voyage for Lautoka as they prepared to take on AS Dragon of Tahiti in the one-off quarter final at Stade Pater in Papeete.

“I’ve played with and against the guys from Marist and I know them. For us, I beleive in our game plan and if we stick to it everything will be alright.

Kaltack said the journey was tough on his side as they had to travel to Auckland, day trip down to Wellington for entry visas for French Polynesia, before finally taking the five hour flight after another evening in Auckland.

“I belive in this team and I believe we will go as far as we’re meant to.”

OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ERA

1999

2005

CHAMPIONS South Melbourne [AUS] RUNNERS-UP Nadi [FIJ] THIRD Central United [NZL] * FOURTH Venus [TAH] *

CHAMPIONS Sydney FC [AUS] RUNNERS-UP AS Magenta [NCL] THIRD Tafea [VAN] FOURTH AS Pirae [TAH]

2001

2006

CHAMPIONS Wollongong Wolves [AUS] RUNNERS-UP Tafea [VAN] THIRD Napier City Rovers [NZL] FOURTH Venus [TAH]

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP AS Pirae [TAH] THIRD YoungHeart Manawatu [NZL] FOURTH Nokia Eagles [FIJ]

OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ERA 2007

2009

CHAMPIONS Waitakere United [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Ba [FIJ] THIRD Auckland City [NZL] FOURTH Temanava [TAH]

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Koloale [SOL] THIRD Waitakere United [NZL] FOURTH Hekari United [PNG]

2008

2010

CHAMPIONS Waitakere United [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Kossa [SOL] THIRD Auckland City [NZL] FOURTH Tafea [VAN]

CHAMPIONS Hekari United [PNG] RUNNERS-UP Waitakere United [NZL] THIRD Auckland City [NZL] FOURTH Lautoka [FIJ]

2011

2015

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Amicale [VAN] THIRD Koloale [SOL] FOURTH Waitakere United [NZL]

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL} RUNNERS-UP Team Wellington [NZL] THIRD Gaitcha [NCL] * FOURTH Ba [FIJ] *

2012

2016

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP AS Tefana [TAH] THIRD Waitakere United [NZL] FOURTH Hekari United [PNG]

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Team Wellington [NZL] THIRD AS Tefana [TAH] * FOURTH AS Magenta [NCL] *

2013

2017

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Waitakere United [NZL] THIRD Amicale [VAN] * FOURTH Ba [FIJ] *

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Team Wellington [NZL] THIRD AS Magenta [NCL] * FOURTH AS Tefana [TAH] *

2014

*No Third Place Play-off

CHAMPIONS Auckland City [NZL] RUNNERS-UP Amicale [VAN] THIRD Ba [FIJ] * FOURTH Pirae [TAH] *