After a 28-year drought, the Smart Security Services/Galgary-sponsored Nadi football team aims to win the Rooster Chicken/Scoop Ice Cream Battle of the Giants title.
Currently undefeated, the Green Machine will face Flick Suva at the HFC Bank stadium in Suva this Saturday in the first semi-final match.
“We will be there to restore the lost pride for Nadi, 28 years is pretty too long,” said Nadi FA Board of Control executive Lawrence Kumar.
“The side performed well in the pool game to be the pool leaders. The side will be facing Suva in their home backyard and obviously, it will be an uphill battle, but the team is working on that now,” Kumar said.
Kumar added that the players are working on their combinations.
He has urged fans to come out in numbers and support the Ame Votonui-captained side.
The team will be banking on key players like William Valentine.
Nadi last won the Battle of the Giants title in 1996 when they defeated Tavua 3-1 in the final.
Meanwhile, Nadi lost to Nadroga 2-1 in their warm-up match at the Korovuto College ground on Sunday.
Nadi is in Group B with Labasa, Lautoka, and Navua, while Group A includes Suva, Rewa, Ba, and Nadroga.
In the other semi-final, Rewa faces Lautoka.
There will be a new winner this weekend as defending champions Labasa have been eliminated from the semi-finals.