Samoa coach Martin Tamasese said the final victory will hopefully buoy the team as they now prepare to make the step up to meet their Group B opponents in Solomon Islands; New Caledonia, Tahiti and Fiji.
“It’s not done for us, we have to now prepare for the next stage,” Tamasese said.
“But coming into this game we wanted to continue with our counter-attacking and putting pressure on the defence.
“We were trying to achieve a request for ten goals, but nine goals is more than enough for us.”
