2010 South Africa. The town of Apia Samoan will become this weekend in the world capital of football. It will kick off the long race to reach the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010.
The Oceania Football Confederation will use the soccer tournament of the South Pacific Games as the first qualifying round of the area for South Africa 2010. Nine member associations of FIFA race for three seats to give the right to go to the second stage.
Missing a few days for the 1000 opening of the FIFA World Cup 2010, Samoa is as far as can imagine the scene of the grand final, held in July 2010. The Soccer City in Johannesburg is 15,000 kilometers and 13 time zones away.
Despite the distance, the flags that adorn the streets, coconuts painted with beautiful colors and the giant banners that are erected in every village from the airport to Apia to welcome the players to help celebrate with a unique start the FIFA World Cup 2010.
The two pitches of the adjacent Sports Complex JS Blatter Toleafoa, built as part of the GOAL for the Samoan Football Association will host the first games on Saturday at three p.m. (local time).
In the first encounter of the tournament, New Caledonia and Tahiti will face in the main derby in a francophone, the chain RFO broadcast live throughout the Pacific. The stands of the stadium have a capacity for 200 spectators, which will give the meeting a picture of itself that people from major shock rating for FIFA World Cup.
All this, plus the fact that some of the worst football nations in the world ranking FIFA / Coca-Cola will get the chance to shine on the biggest stage in football, is part of the charm and appeal of this exceptional competition.
The clash will face in the stadium next to the big favorite, the selection of the Solomon Islands, Samoa and promises a feast of goals. Spectators will enjoy the party sitting on the grass surrounding the pitch.
The combination of the Solomon Islands aims to hang the gold medal while Samoans fingers crossed so that the marker is too bulky. American Samoa has the dubious distinction of having suffered a 31-0 defeat by the hands of Australia in the preliminary competition of the FIFA World Cup 2002.
New Caledonia will dispute the first classification for the World Cup in their history, but has extensive experience in the South Pacific Games and has risen to the top of the podium on four previous occasions. Tahiti is the selection that holds the record for victories with five gold medals in his trophy.
The hostess, Samoa, Vanuatu will host the fourth meeting of the day, starting at half past eight p.m., the hour when the sun goes down but the heat and humidity are stifling. The project installed a few months ago GOAL powerful lights in the new Sports Complex.
"This weekend, Oceania and the world are awaiting us," said the President of the OFC, the Tahitian Reynald Temarii.
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