Dreketi Football Maps Plan To Develop Upcoming Players

The young Dreketi football team are gaining experience from their Digicel Senior League matches. They held Taveuni to a 1-1 draw in the second round of competition on Saturday.

Dreketi coach, Ramnish Mani, was satisfied with the performance of his players and said they managed to play and register two points from two tough encounters.

“This is a good sign,” he said.

Dreketi had earlier drew with defending Northern League champions, Bua, 1-1.

Mani said they are on a rebuilding stage where players were getting familiar with the new combinations in the team.

He said that despite minimum training engagement with players because of their work commitments, they are still working together on the other aspects of their game.

“This is important because we all need to share the same dream and ambition of playing well each week and winning the title,” he said.

Mani said compared to previous years, they have a relatively young and inexperienced team.

He said their players were able to compete and defend well against a strong Taveuni side.

“Taveuni has six clubs playing their local league with over 240 registered players, so their player base is quite strong compared to us.

“Irrespective of that, we managed to score the first goal, and played well during most part of the game”

Marika Vanige scored Dreketi’s lone goal. They travel to Taveuni in for the return match a week after the Easter weekend.

Super Women’s League

The Rewa Women’s football side thrashed Nadroga 8-0 in their Digicel Women’s Super League clash at the Uprising Sports Centre in Pacific Harbour, Deuba, yesterday.

In an earlier match Labasa held Ba to a 0-0 draw.

Digicel Premier League

On Saturday, Rewa bounced back to beat Nadroga 2-1 while Ba walloped Tailevu/Naitasiri 2-0.

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