Tournament heavyweights eye winning start

Amicale face a difficult challenge with Busaiteen their third match in just six days after they lost 4-1 to Waitakere United in a friendly last week before they glided past Fiji U-20 on Monday evening.
Technical Director Anthony Pisano says Busaiteen will be a difficult match.
“Busaiteen are a fulltime professional club and to be honest there’s not a lot of information available on them.
“We will be consolidating and recovering tomorrow (today) and doing as much home work as we can. But we will focus on our own game and we will take the match with Busaiteen as it comes,” he says.
A draw would be a massive lift for Amicale but leave them hoping Fiji U-20 can limit the Bahrainis’ to a narrow defeat and sneak through to the final on goal difference.
A victory would send Amicale through to Sunday evening’s final.
In a clash between tournament minnows, Singapore U-23 take on Cayman Islands Bodden Town.
Singapore, beaten 4-0 by Auckland City FC in their first game, struggled in the winter-like conditions and may view Bodden as the ideal opportunity to register their first win.
But knowing just what to expect from the Caribbean outfit is a mystery to coach Subramani Shummugham although he is adamant where his team needs to improve.
“We don’t know much about Bodden Town yet. I hope we can give them a good fight and hopefully we can win this game to finish 3rd or 4th in the tournament. Our main target is to try to stop them from getting crosses into our box,” he says.
Skipper Adam Swandi was disappointed to lose to Auckland City FC but remains determined to rectify Singapore U-23’s losing start to the tournament.
“I think the spirit of our team will be high and we will all do our best to win the game and get the three points. The game against Auckland City has made us stronger individually and as a team,” he says.
Bodden Town – who travelled 14,000km via Miami just to reach Auckland – had travel issues with half their squad stranded in the USA as they awaited visa clearance.

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EXTRA INFORMATION

Bodden Town [CAY] vs. Singapore U-23 [SIN]
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Kick-off: 5pm
Referee: Albert MARU [PNG]

BOD: 1. Ramon SEALY [GK], 3. Maynor RODRIGUEZ, 4. Yefry ARZU CALDERON, 5. Santangelo BUSH, 6. Wesley ROBINSON, 7. Thomas BUSH JR, 8. Kareem JAMES, 9. Charlo McLEAN, 10. Karl SOLOMON BORDEN, 11. Theron WOOD, 12. Joshwa CLARKE, 14. Casey McLAUGHLIN, 16. Andra ALLEN, 17. Emmanuel BROWN, 20. Jonathan EBANKS, 21. Mario BERRY, 22. Fabio GALL, 23. Michael GOURZONG [GK]
COACH: Elbert McLEAN [CAY]
SIN: 1. Syazwan BUHARI [GK], 3. Ahmad JAFRI, 4. Farhan RAHMAT, 6. Shameer AZIQ, 8. Adam SWANDI, 9. Stanley NG, 10. Sim TECK YI, 11. Daniel SHAFIQ, 12. Suria PRAKASH, 13. Faris AZIENUDDIN, 15. Ammirul EMMRAN, 17. Fadli KAMIS, 18. Rudy KHAIRULLAH [GK], 19. Afiq NOOR, 21. Taufiq MUQMININ, 22. Nur HIZAMI, 23. Amy RECHA.
COACH: Subramani SHUMMUGHAM [SIN]
Amicale [VAN] vs. Busaiteen [BHR]
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Kick-off: 7.30 pm local time
Referee: Nelson SOGO [SOL]
AMI: 1. Chikau MANSALE [GK], 2. Ian HOGG, 3. Chanel OBED, 4. Brian KALTACK, 5. Michele GRAZIA, 6. Adrian UCCHINO, 8. Dominique FRED, 9. Panagiotis NIKAS, 10.Manuel BRIGHENTI, 11. Fenedy MASAUVAKALO, 12. Laitia TUILAU, 13. Francois SAKAMA, 15. Osea VAKATALESAU, 16. Amani MAKOE, 17. Alphonse BONGNAIM, 18. Sailas NAMATAK, 19. Esava NAQALECA, 21. Goshen DONA, 25. Dalong DAMALIP.
COACH: Jean-Robert YELOU [VAN]
BUS: 1. Mahmood Isa Mohamed SHARIF [GK], 2. Mohamed Nabeel Bakheet MUBARAK, 3. Juliano de PAULA, 4. Abdulla Ahmed Jasim BUDHAISH, 5. Mohamed Sultan Hamad ALI, 6. Abdelkarim KOUSSI, 8. Hesham Ahmed Mansoor NAYEM, 9. Mohamed Abdulaziz AJAJ, 11. Abdulraham Mohamed Fares FALEH, 12. Hesam Jasim Najim ALMANNAE [GK], 14. Abdulla Ali Hasan ALAJMI, 16. Mohamed Khalil Ebrahim ALQALLAF, 17. Mohamed Jasim Ali ALBADAL, 18. Isa Abdulla Ahmed ALROOMI, 19. Mujtaba Mohamed Ghuloom MALEK, 20. Ahmed Yusuf Hasan MOHAMED, 22. Husain Abdulla Hasan HARAM [GK], 23. Yusuf Salah Yusuf ALBUSAITINI, 25. Eliel da Cruz GUARDIANO, 30. Salman Ahmed Saleh ALDAKHEEL.
COACH: Khlifa Hamad Isa ALZAYANI [BHR]
Broadcast details:

OFC TV will provide exclusive coverage from The Trusts Arena in Auckland with live streaming of all six matches from the group stage plus the play-offs and final on 23 November. The streaming will be available via www.oceaniafootball.com with low-resolution and high-resolution options to cater for different internet speeds.

Several broadcasters from around the region have come on board including VBTC in Vanuatu, EMTV and Kundu 2 in Papua New Guinea, FBC TV and Fiji TV in Fiji, Solomon Telekom in Solomon Islands as well as MediaCorp in Singapore and Cayman (27) in the Cayman Islands.

Live radio broadcast of selected matches includes coverage provided by APNA 990, Radio Tarana, Ethnic Media 360, Humm FM, VBTC Vanuatu with Radio Live Sport in New Zealand covering preview and reviews of the event.

Full live stream details
Wednesday 19 November
5pm: Bodden Town v Singapore U-23 – Live stream link here
7.30pm: Amicale v Busaiteen – Live stream link here