Solomon Islands club representative in group C of the OFC Club championship, Western United have concluded their campaign with an impressive victory over a very hard working Lae City side by a convincing 5:3 score line.
Western United’s flamboyant Paul Wale opened the scoring with a beautiful tap in from a Matson Feni’s cross while Henry Fa’arodo continued his fine finish in a penalty which Benjamin Totori was tackled in the eighteen-yard box by a Lae City defender. Joachim Waroi who was exceptional all through the games managed to find himself up in the park and beat the goalkeeper with so much composure in his finish. Lae City bounced back with a good work goal before halftime and put the pressure on Western United. The men in orange came back firing and finished the game off with a spectacular solo goal by Benjamin Totori and a beautiful penalty finish by the youngster Atana Fa’arodo junior. Lae City managed to score two more goals in the second half but couldn’t continue their form as Western United dominated the match with so much flair and entertaining football.
The Western United boys then were invited to a farewell dinner by the Auckland and Hamilton Solomon Islands community at Corn Wall park in Auckland. Western United’s team manager Atu said in his word of thank you for the Solomon Islands communities, “We have been blessed to come to this land of the long white clouds and meet such great Solomon Islands families and friends here. We haven’t got the result we really want but we still claim the second-best team in this pool and we are happy for that. Words cannot express how much we are thankful towards the support that the community here has offered.” Western United skipper and Solomon Islands international, Henry Fa’arodo also said, “It was a very tough week of football but I am happy for the boys and definitely happy for the support from the community here.”
Solomon Islands Auckland community member Wally thanked the Western United team for their positive attitude and behavior in representing Solomon Islands and wish them all the best. One of the Hamilton community members who was present was James Porakari who was all praise for the Western United team. “I really enjoyed watching the boys play. That game against Auckland should have been ours but it’s football and we have to accept the results. Safe journey for these boys as they fly back home.” Said Mr. Porakari. The farewell dinner was a very positive gathering as Solomon Islands community in Auckland and Hamilton get to see some of Solomon Islands local football stars and also have the opportunity to talk with them too.
Some of the Western United team members will be traveling to Honiara on Monday while the other half on Tuesday.
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