{"id":466092,"date":"2026-02-08T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466092\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:37:09","slug":"tahiti-united-clinch-first-win-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466092\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahiti United clinch first win of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tahiti United signed off Round 2 with their first win of the season in a low-key victory over Bula FC.<\/p>\n

Sam Garcia\u2019s side were desperate to finally kick their season into gear, whilst Bula FC were looking to complete an unbeaten Round 2.<\/p>\n

Following the action-packed first fixture of the day, it was a markedly slower start to the afternoon\u2019s match, with temperatures and humidity still high at the Santos National Football Stadium.<\/p>\n

Tahiti United had the best of the early going, with Germain Haewegene the most dangerous outlet up front. The forward has a good effort well saved by Didier Desprez, before captain Teaonui Tehau dragged a shot wide.<\/p>\n

Roy Krishna had been recalled into the Bula FC starting line-up by Stephane Auvray, but the veteran striker was finding it tough going to make anything stick on the rare forward forays by his side.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tahiti United\u2019s Terai Bremond. OFC Pro League 2026, Tahiti United v Bula FC, Santos National Football Stadium, Papua New Guinea, Sunday 8 February 2026. Photo: Shane Wenzlick \/ www.phototek.nz<\/p>\n

Both sides continued to toil in the second period, but chances remained at a premium, with neither goalkeeper being called into action.<\/p>\n

It was appropriate then that when the first goal of the contest arrived, it was in rather innocuous circumstances.<\/p>\n

Semi Nabenu fell to the ground when challenging in his own area, with his arm inadvertently hitting the ball. A VAR check by referee Calvin Berg saw him point to the spot and Teaonui Tehau had the perfect chance to give Tahiti United the lead.<\/p>\n

The captain didn\u2019t disappoint, comfortably converting into the corner to put his side ahead.<\/p>\n

Bula FC toiled but were unable to find a way to significantly threaten Teave Teamotuaitau in the Tahiti United goal, despite 13 minutes of additional time being added at the end of the ninety.<\/p>\n

Tehau should have doubled his tally and put the game to bed, but Desprez read the Tahiti United captain\u2019s intentions well and stood up to save his attempted chip finish.<\/p>\n

Bula FC thought they had a case for a penalty with seconds of stoppage time remaining, when Kaile Auvray was challenged when shooting in the area, but a VAR check deemed there had been no infringement.<\/p>\n

Tahiti United:\u00a01 (Teaonui TEHAU (P) 69\u2032)
Bula FC:\u00a00<\/p>\n

HT: 0-0<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tahiti United signed off Round 2 with their first win of the season in a low-key victory over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-466092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}