Labasa has won the Rooster Chicken\/Scoops Ice Cream BOG title for the second time in a row after beating Navua 2-1 in extra time.<\/p>\n
Player of the Tournament, Christopher Wasasala scored for Labasa in the second half but Navua’s Jared Rongosulia equalised through a penalty minutes later.<\/p>\n
The teams were tied 1-1 at the end of second half.<\/p>\n
Rusiate Doidoi scored for Labasa in the first spell of extra time.<\/p>\n
Labasa’s goal keeper and captain, veteran, Simione Tamanisau won the Golden Boot while Lautoka’s Sairusi Nalaubu was the highest goal scorer of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Labasa’s new coach, Intiaz Ali says their were a lot of doubts in the beginning of the tournament and it is not like he has proven something but he has done his job and the players have done theirs.<\/p>\n
He says he is surprised that Navua did not pressure them as Labasa had played 120 minutes yesterday and were again under the same strain today.<\/p>\n
Ali says he is pleased with his team’s discipline both on and off the field.<\/p>\n
It was a bitter loss for Navua as they made it through to the final for the first time since 2010 but were fell short.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ba is the Women’s BOG champion after beating Labasa 5-4 in the final round robin match at the HFC Bank Stadium today.<\/p>\n
FIJI VILLAGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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