The teamwork, dedication, hard work and sacrifices from players is the success of Suva futsal side says Coach Vivek Nand.
“It’s especially the teamwork that kept us undefeated in the championship, “said Nand
“The boys really did hard work in training for the past few weeks sacrificing other commitments to prepare well for the championship and that paid off,”
“Majority of my players have been playing together for a while and this is another reason for our success,”
The former national futsal rep this year’s tournament was more competitive compared to last year.
“This year’s tournament was more competitive compared to last IDC and I think the teams have known the taste of playing futsal and the local futsal competition have boosted them. It was not an easy run for us as we had a tough final against Lami this year.”
“Lami was a good team and they gave us very tough game and I salute my boys for sticking to the game plan and keeping the structure well,” said Nand
The Jet Bar-Bar Grill sponsored Suva futsal side proved they are the best futsal team in the country after making a back-to-back Vodafone futsal IDC win at FMF Gymnasium in Suva last Sunday.
The capital city side defeated Pasifika Tents. Taxi and Tours Lami futsal side 3-2 in an exciting final after thrashing last year’s finalist Nadi 5-1 in the semi-finals.
Suva took an early lead through Reginald Singh before Akitesh Kumar added the second goal a few minutes later. Lami managed to pull one back before half-time through Ashok Kumar.
Singh scored Suva’s third goal in the second half while Lami’s Vinal Kumar scoring their second late.
Suva’s Akitesh Kumar was named the Best Player of the Tournament while Bruce Hughes of Rewa scooped the Golden Boot Award. Lami also received the Fair Play Team Award.
Suva won $3500 in prize money while Lami got $1500.
