The Association Sportive Pirae was founded in 1948 in Tahitithe largest island of the french polynesia. In his record with 10 leagues and nine local cups.
The Tahitian team, whose preparation was disrupted by cases of coronavirusexperienced a historic match this Thursday against the representative of the host country, the Al-Jazeera from Arab Emirates.
“I don’t have the slightest idea of their level, but they are professionals. If we string together two wins, we can play Chelsea!”the captain was excited Naea Bennett.
However, this Thursday they were eliminated by losing 4-1 in the first match of the tournament against Al-Jazeera. The historic goal of the Tahitian team was against! Mohammed Rabi he cleared badly and nailed it against his goal for the discount of the islanders.
Bennett He has some experience at a high level… but on sand: he was captain of the ‘Tiki Toa’, the selection of Tahiti from Beach Soccerrunner-up in the world in 2015 and 2017.
On grass, the benefits of the country’s soccer players are more limited. Area Oceania does not have the level of the other continents and New Zealand it tends to monopolize the few places available for international competitions.
The youngest of the team Tanetoa Haumau (17 years old) left the Polynesia for the first time on this trip emirates. The defender, who studies car mechanics, dreamed of seeing “the skyscrapers of Dubai”, and hopes to make a good impression on Thomas Tuchel: “You never know if the Chelsea manager notices me and asks me to play for his team.”
Before departure to emiratesthe pirate It has had as a great setback seven positive cases to the covid-19, including five starters. Three were absent for the game and another two have been able to reach Abu Dhabi. the archer Teva Durot and the scorer Benoit Mathon They arrived on the eve of the game, after a journey of thirty hours.
“This trip and all these adventures excite the players: they are going to fight and give themselves 300% to give the surprise”assured the person in charge of communication of the team, Nahema Temarii.
Beyond the lived experience, the team will return with a bag of at least $500,000the endowment offered by the FIFA in the last tournament.
His presence at the event puts the spotlight on the football of Tahitijust like in 2013 when his team managed to qualify for the Confederations Cup in Brazil. Despite the three goals suffered (10-0, 6-1 and 8-0), that modest selection aroused the affection of the public when competing against the rest of soccer stars.
Source: Ambito
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