The Suva Soccer team bounced back in style after thumping Rewa 3-0 at the tfl National Stadium in Suva on Sunday. The victory was very relieving for Suva fans after the side recorded various losses in the National League.
Suva did not let Rewa settle into the match and after long we had witnessed the city boys come up with a fantastic performance. Suva and Rewa have always been great rivals which has been going on from 1942. Since then both teams have been playing yearly for the King Irving Cup (competitions organised), which holds a lot of prestige for both camps. With the rivalry in mind, the match started with both teams applying pressure at each other. Suva scored two good goals and led 2-0 at the break. They scored again to the delight of the Suva fans and won the game by 3-0.
A veteran die-hard Suva fan Bijen Kumar, who was sitting next to me, was so happy that tears of joy fell from his eyes. He told me and a few other people there that he always cried whenever he witnesses Suva winning a particular game. He played for Suva in the seventies and he said at that time Suva was a team everyone feared, and nowadays teams like nasinu and nadroga give a very hard time to our boys. The veteran said that Suva was a very discipline team in his time and that players trained really hard and the best part was that the Suva players gave in their all for the valuable white jersey, something which is lacking these days.
Coach Dennis Singh had said in the media that 'Rome was not built overnight.' He is trying to build a winning combination and that will take time to click. He has promised the fans that Suva will definitely win a major tournament this year.
But one thing really disappointed me. I saw Suva's Dinesh Mudaliar and USP student Luke Haaterea with a couple of Rewa players drinking Bourbon and Cola at Wishbone in Sportscity. That is where discipline comes in and this should have been avoided. Players should now be looking forward to the fiji FACT but with this kind of attitude Suva Soccer will fail again, and again.....
Suva did not let Rewa settle into the match and after long we had witnessed the city boys come up with a fantastic performance. Suva and Rewa have always been great rivals which has been going on from 1942. Since then both teams have been playing yearly for the King Irving Cup (competitions organised), which holds a lot of prestige for both camps. With the rivalry in mind, the match started with both teams applying pressure at each other. Suva scored two good goals and led 2-0 at the break. They scored again to the delight of the Suva fans and won the game by 3-0.
A veteran die-hard Suva fan Bijen Kumar, who was sitting next to me, was so happy that tears of joy fell from his eyes. He told me and a few other people there that he always cried whenever he witnesses Suva winning a particular game. He played for Suva in the seventies and he said at that time Suva was a team everyone feared, and nowadays teams like nasinu and nadroga give a very hard time to our boys. The veteran said that Suva was a very discipline team in his time and that players trained really hard and the best part was that the Suva players gave in their all for the valuable white jersey, something which is lacking these days.
Coach Dennis Singh had said in the media that 'Rome was not built overnight.' He is trying to build a winning combination and that will take time to click. He has promised the fans that Suva will definitely win a major tournament this year.
But one thing really disappointed me. I saw Suva's Dinesh Mudaliar and USP student Luke Haaterea with a couple of Rewa players drinking Bourbon and Cola at Wishbone in Sportscity. That is where discipline comes in and this should have been avoided. Players should now be looking forward to the fiji FACT but with this kind of attitude Suva Soccer will fail again, and again.....
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