His first qualifying game was a home fixture yesterday against Fiji, which the Solomon Islands lost 0-1, despite Fiji dropping to 10 men for over an hour. There was some controversy due to Smith leaving a promising 20-year-old named Paul Francis on the bench. To say that Francis' club, Real Kakamora FC, was upset would be an understatement. They posted THIS on their official Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA8uynuAmUY/?hl=en
The post has gained enough attention to be posted in the /r/soccer subreddit with over 2,800 upvotes. https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comment ... fcs_admin/
So things could be going better for Omonia's Technical Director at the moment...