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With a goal from Krishna in the first half, Fiji took the lead and with one less player resisted the pressure from Solomon Islands to win the World Cup Qualifiers!
Swap in Solomon Islands: Fox left and Supa entered.
Radrigai struck hard from outside the area and sent the ball to the left of the goal!
Komasi took a long shot and sent the ball over the goal! And we will have another 10 minutes of added time in the match!
Substitution in Solomon Islands: Bobby Lesli came off for Ali Mekawir. And after the wrong throw-in, Krishna came face to face with the goalkeeper to shoot, with a deflection off the goalkeeper, to the left of the goal, for the corner kick that was taken for the defense to clear.
Leroy Jennings, from a loose ball at the edge of the area, hit it hard and Mango palmed it over the goal! And in Fiji, Waranaivalu and Jennings came off for Cavuilagi and Radrigai.
And the free kick was hit at the near post, without any danger, for the Fiji defense to clear.
Solomon Islands, keeping possession, starts to pick up the pace, going forward and trying to create danger. And at that moment Baravilala receives a yellow card, for a foul on the right that could have created danger for the Fiji defense!
Yellow for Bobby Leslie, for a foul in the attacking half.
Change in Fiji: Dunn left and Nalaubu entered.
Exchanges in Solomon Islands: Lea’alafa and Wae left for Orobulu and Keana entries.
The game was stopped at the time to treat Lea’alafa, who was left on the ground after a collision in the middle of the field.
Change in Fiji: Leiroti left and Baravilala came in.
In midfield, Fiji had a free kick, which was relatively far from the area, and even so it was crossed for the defense to clear away any problems.
Yellow for Leon Kofana, for a strong foul in the middle of the field. Jennings took the free kick and Mango came out to clear it, but he missed the ball and the defense cleared it away.
On the counterattack Krishna (always him) won a corner on the left, which was taken short for Fiji to maintain possession in attack.
On the right Solomon Islands had the corner, crossed into the area and, in two stages, the Fiji defense cleared the ball.
Komasi, at the edge of the area, received the pass and shot hard, but Narayan had the ball in two stages!
The teams return to the pitch and the ball rolls for the second half of the match!
In an intense first half, with Yada even being sent off, Fiji beat Solomon Islands 1-0 with a goal from Krishna.
We will have five more minutes of added time in this first half.
Yellow for Lea’i, for a strong foul in the attacking field.
Yada, when trying to control the ball, used his hand to do so and received a straight red card!
Solomon Islands continues to try to dominate the match, but is unable to create any danger, while Solomon Islands easily attacks.
Krishna, at the edge of the area, managed to shoot and sent the ball to the right of the goal.
Narayan, in a bad pass back, went for the challenge and kicked hard, but on top of Lea’i, with the ball going out to the left of the goal!
Yellow for Leiroti, for a strong foul in the middle of the field.
Krishna is the name of the game so far and from far away he tried to surprise and shot at goal, but sent the ball over the net!
From a cross into the box that Mango didn’t clear, Krishna got the ball and shot hard, but over the goal!
Roy Krishna, due to a mistake by the Solomon Islands defense, had the ball at the edge of the area to invade and hit a powerful cross, sending the ball into the back of the goal!
Yada, on the left, risked the cross, sending the ball almost towards the goal, but wide.
David risked a shot from outside the area and sent the ball down the left, for a corner, hit short for the Fiji defense to clear before the cross.
The players take to the pitch and the ball rolls for the first half of the match!
Akuila, Begg, Cavuilagi, Dogalau, Kumar, Nalaubu, Nand, Naresh, Rodrigal, Rawaqa, Sevanaia.
Narayan, Baravilala, Dunn, Hughes, Jennings, Krishna, Lairoti, Matanisiga, Vasconcellos, Waranaivalu and Yada.
Francis, Keana, Laulae, Liomasia, Mekawir, Nauania, Ohasio, Orobulu, Rongosulia, Stanton, Supa.
Mango, David, Fox, Hou, Kaua, Kofana, Komasi, Le’ai, Lea’alafa, Lesli, and Wae.
The players leave the pitch to finish warming up and then return to the field for the ball to roll!
Finally, Fiji has two consecutive victories over Solomon Islands, already in 2024. But before that Solomon Islands came with three consecutive victories.
In 40 games Solomon Islands scored 44 goals, with an average of 1.1 per game. Fiji scored 69 goals, with an average of 1.73 per game.
Solomon Islands has hosted Fiji in nine games, with four wins, three draws and two losses. This will be the first game at home in the Nations.
Solomon Islands and Fiji have played 40 games in history, with 16 wins for Fiji, nine for Solomon Islands and 15 draws. In the Nations away, three games have been played, with one win for Solomon Islands and two for Fiji.
The players go onto the pitch to begin warming up for the match.
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Finally, today’s match will take place at the ANZ National Stadium, located in Suva, Fiji. The multi-purpose stadium is used for football matches, like today, and for rugby matches, with a capacity of 4,000 fans, in addition to having a nexus that is sometimes used, which brings the capacity to 19,000 fans. Finally, the stadium is home to the Fiji National Team and the Cook Islands National Women’s Football Team.
In the match against Hong Kong, Fiji used the following lineup: Akulia, Baravilala, Dunn, Hughes, Kautoga, Krishna, Lairoti, Radigai, Vasconcellos, Waranaivalu and Yada.
In the match against Hong Kong, the Solomon Islands team used the following lineup: Laulae, David, Kauã, Kofana, Komasi, Le’ai, Lea’alafa, Liomasia, Mekawir, OIrobulu and Tahanipue. 
In the other competition in which the two teams played, the OFC Cup of Nations, Solomon Islands fell in the group stage, with no points won, three behind Vanuatu and six behind New Zealand. Fiji, on the other hand, came first in Group B with nine points, five ahead of Papua New Guinea and Tahiti, and nine points ahead of Samoa.
We are now in the group stage of the World Cup Qualifiers. Group A has Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, while Group B has New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti and Vanuatu. The Qualifiers qualify two teams from each for the semi-finals, where only one of them goes to the final.
Fiji, in addition to the victory against Solomon Islands, drew one game and lost twice. On June 27, they lost 2-1 in the semi-final of the OFC Nations Cup to Vanuatu, with goals from Spokeyjack and Thomas, while Cavulaigi scored a goal. And in the third-place match, they lost 2-1 to Tahiti, with goals from Tehau (2), with Roy Krushina scoring a goal. And on September 8, away from home, the draw was 1-1 with Hong Kong Radrigai opening the scoring and Orr equalizing for Hong Kong.
Solomon Islands comes into today’s game with three consecutive defeats in recent games. On June 18, away from home, they lost 3-0 to New Zealand, with goals from Waine (2) and Barbarouses. On September 2, away from home, they lost 1-0 to Fiji, with a goal from Waranaivalu. On September 5, they lost 3-0 at home, in a friendly, with goals from Junior, Orr and Wong.
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