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We are ready for friendlies
By BUSTIN ANZU
THE inclusion of two overseas-based players Alex Davani and Mauri
Wasi in the PNG national soccer team will beef up the attacking
power for the two friendlies in Honiara,The duo arrived yesterday
to join the team for the two friendly games. Davani plays for
Taringa Rovers in Brisbane Soccer League while Wasi plays in New
Zealand.
PNG coach Marcos Gusmao has named his side which will have their
first game against O-League bound KOSSA at the Lawson Tama stadium
this afternoon. The next game will be against the national side on
Friday.
While respecting KOSSA, as the champion side and will expect a
good match, coach Gusmao said his side has a mixture of new and
old players and were ready to play.
The team led by captain Richard Daniels include former Auckland
City striker Reginald Davani, Andrew Lepani, David Muta, Neil Hans
to name a few, were hard at training at the Solomon Islands
Football Federation (SIFF) National Soccer Academy since their
arrival.
Meanwhile, team manager John Kapi Natto has called for the two
countries to have regular games.
Natto said the last time Papua New Guinea played the Solomon
Islands was in 2003 in Port Moresby which the visitors won 5-3.
Natto said their intention to going to Honiara was to find their
standard and improve on it after they failed to make the PNG
contingent to the Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, next month.
The Solomon Islands national team will be treating the match as a
good warm up for 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa next month and PNG
want to make up for the 2003 loss in Port Moresby.
Skipper Daniels, who has played against the Solomon Islands seven
times since 1998, said he was looking forward to the two matches.
 
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