{"id":488661,"date":"2026-06-21T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/488661\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:50:14","slug":"labasa-storm-into-fiji-fact-semi-finals-with-4-2-win-over-rewa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/488661\/","title":{"rendered":"Labasa storm into Fiji FACT semi-finals with 4-2 win over Rewa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Labasa has booked its place in the BiC Fiji FACT semi-finals after defeating Rewa 4-2 in a thrilling Pool A clash.<\/p>\n

Labasa came out firing from the opening whistle and opened the scoring through a penalty from Lekima Gonerau. <\/p>\n

Jovesa Uqe doubled the lead before Ashnil Raju scored twice to give the home side a commanding 4-2 advantage.<\/p>\n

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Rewa created several scoring opportunities but struggled to convert them. <\/p>\n

Their hopes suffered a setback when Brazilian midfielder Lucas Santos missed a penalty, with the Labasa goalkeeper producing a brilliant save.<\/p>\n

Rewa’s first goal came through a Labasa own goal, while Semi Nabenu added a second for the Delta Tigers.<\/p>\n

Backed by a passionate home crowd, Labasa held firm until the final whistle to secure the important victory.<\/p>\n

Labasa coach Alvin Chand praised his players for their performance, saying he was proud of the team’s effort and always believed they could get the job done.<\/p>\n

He also credited the strong support from the home fans as a key factor in the win.<\/p>\n

Alvin is urging Labasa supporters to remain patient and continue backing the team as they prepare for the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

However, Labasa suffered a setback when Rex Naima\u00a0received a red card for handling the ball inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n

The coach says the team will return to camp and work on its strategies ahead of the semi-final stage.<\/p>\n

Labasa and Navua have progressed from Pool A to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labasa has booked its place in the BiC Fiji FACT semi-finals after defeating Rewa 4-2 in a thrilling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[245051,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-488661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fiji-fact-photo","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}