Willliam Valentine scored a hat-trick as Nadi thrashed Lautoka 5-nil in the last pool match of day 1 of the Digicel Futsal Inter District Championship today.
Surjason Sami’s brace with Valentine gave the Green Machine its first win in the tournament.
It was a seesaw encounter in the first few minutes with both teams coming in strong in attack.
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The Blues looked to be a better team of the two, but finishing continued to be their downfall.
Nadi opened the scoring in the first half from Sami and then later, Valentine scored as they led 2-nil at the break.
Valentine added two more in the second half with another Sami, leaving Lautoka goalless at the full-time whistle.
| DATE & DAY | TIME | TEAM 1 | SCORE | TEAM 2 | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Vodafone Arena, Suva | ||||
| 27 January – Thursday | 5:00PM | Suva | 7 – 0 | Rakiraki | Group A |
| 27 January – Thursday | 6:45PM | Ba | 4 – 1 | Tailevu Naitasiri | Group B |
| 27 January – Thursday | 8:00PM | Rewa | 0 – 5 | Lami | Group A |
| 27 January – Thursday | 9:15PM | Nadi | 5 – 0 | Lautoka | Group B |
| Day 2 | Vodafone Arena, Suva | ||||
| 28 January – Friday | 5:00PM | Rewa | – | Rakiraki | Group A |
| 28 January – Friday | 6:15PM | Nadi | – | Tailevu Naitasiri | Group B |
| 28 January – Friday | 7:30PM | Ba | – | Lautoka | Group A |
| 28 January – Friday | 8:45PM | Suva | Lami | Group B | |
| DAY 3 | Vodafone Arena, Suva | ||||
| 29 January – Saturday | 10:00AM | Lautoka | – | Tailevu Naitasiri | Group B |
| 29 January – Saturday | 11:15AM | Ba | – | Nadi | Group B |
| 29 January – Saturday | 12:30PM | Suva | – | Rewa | Group A |
| 29 January – Saturday | 1:45PM | Lami | – | Rakiraki | Group A |
| SEMIFINAL | |||||
| 29 January – Saturday | 6:30PM | Winner GA | – | Runner up GB | Semi-final 1 |
| 29 January – Saturday | 7:45PM | Winner GB | – | Runner up GA | Semi-final 2 |
| DAY 4 | Vodafone Arena, Suva | ||||
| 30 January – Sunday | 11am | 4th Place GA | – | 4th Place GB | 7th/8th |
| 30 January – Sunday | 12:15AM | 3rd Place GA | – | 3rd Place GA | 5th/6th |
| 3rd/4th Playoff | |||||
| 30 January – Sunday | 1:30PM | Loser SF1 | – | Loser SF2 | 3rd/4th |
| FINAL | |||||
| 30 January- Sunday | 3:00PM | Winner SF1 | – | Winner SF2 | FINAL |
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP A | ||||||||
| SUVA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 3 |
| Lami | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| Rewa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Rakiraki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| GROUP B | ||||||||
| NADI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| Ba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
| Tailevu/Naitasiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Lautoka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
