Samoan football champions Lupe Ole Soaga are targeting a breakthrough victory after qualifying for the OFC Champions League main draw.
Lupe drew 1-1 with Tongan champions Veitongo FC on Friday to seal second spot in the OFC Champions League Qualifier, joining winners Puaikura FC from the Cook Islands in advancing to the second stage.
Lupe Ole Soaga are back in the OFC Champions League. Photo: OFC Media
Lupe managed a draw and two defeats during their previous appearance in the main draw two years ago and coach Paul Ualesi said they've learnt from that experience.
"We will really try our very best to be winning a game because none of the clubs from Samoa [have won] one game for the second stage," he said.
"That's our main target: we're going to move step by step, we know it's really hard but we will try our best."
Paul Ualesi said the majority of their squad is locally based in Samoa but they intend to add some players from abroad before the competition starts later this month.
"We're going to add some new players to make our team stronger," he said.
"Some of the players [will be] from New Zealand and some...are from overseas like Argentina - they made contact with us but we will see about that for the transfers, if they are really hard to transfer."
