Erakor FC

At the end of a rural road in Vanuatu’s Port Vila, a school overlooks the well-used football field, and at one end, behind the goal lies a beach soccer pitch with homemade goals.

It’s here in this picturesque locale where the children and young adults of Erakor Village hone their skills day in and day out.

Benjamin Noel, a teacher in the local school and an OFC Just Play trainer, has been working in the village for ten years managing football development and helping to introduce the OFC Just Play Programme to the local community.

Tony Kaltack found the back of Siaraga’s net in the early minutes of the match on Saturday.

But Siaraga replied with a penalty shot and leveled the scoreboard before the end of the first half.

After the break, Siaraga continued to put more pressure on Erakor defenders but Kalfter Kaltack finally helped his team beat Siaraga when he dribbled past their defenders and made no mistake as he tapped the ball into an empty net past Siaraga young goalkeeper.

Final score, Erakor Golden Star 2-1 Siaraga.

The Port Vila club champion will meet Malampa Revivors FC again today in their second friendly and they need to step up play well and get a better result to make their fans happy in Port Vila today.

The Golden Star players missed a lot of chances to score against Malampa last Saturday and their lost o Malampa is like a wakeup call to all players and coaching team.

For Malampa, This is a good result and this is their second win against a club from Port Vila after they beat Ifira Black Bird in 2015 semifinal of the TVL National Super League.