League

Stadium Noizela
Spectators: 6941 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 0) Noizela's Tyrell Thokozani started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 2nd minute of the game. One of Noizela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of RUSTENBURG F.C:s goal. The referee gave RUSTENBURG F.C a penalty, 4 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Maluleke Melele, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Noizela's Norman Manyethela. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edries Patel in the 10th minute of play forced Noizela's goalkeeper Norman Manyethela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Edries Patel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th minute, Nkosi Mabalane got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 16 minutes into the match, RUSTENBURG F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Nkosi Mabalane came free, but Sanjay Bartlett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Norman Manyethela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shakeel Machete in the 18th minute of the match. After 22 minutes, Tyrell Thokozani made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. RUSTENBURG F.C's Sanjay Bartlett tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Tyrell Thokozani kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sanjay Bartlett. That made the score 2-1 in the 25 minute of play. In the 30th match minute, Noizela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henry Laher to maneuver through the defense. Norman Manyethela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shakeel Machete in the 33rd minute of play. The supporters of RUSTENBURG F.C booed when Noizela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tebogo Takalani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Noizela's Norman Manyethela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edries Patel in the 39th minute of play. Edries Patel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Norman Manyethela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shakeel Machete in the 45th minute of play forced Noizela's goalkeeper Norman Manyethela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Shakeel Machete made a kick off. Nkosi Mabalane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Sanjay Bartlett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. RUSTENBURG F.C's Shakeel Machete got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tyrell Thokozani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edries Patel got free with Norman Manyethela in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ricky Sono's late challenge caught a Noizela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ricky Sono helped the player get up and apologised. Ricky Sono hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Jikolo Inguana's late challenge caught a RUSTENBURG F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jikolo Inguana helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Noizela's Jikolo Inguana got a free kick in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shakeel Machete in the 78th minute of play forced Noizela's goalkeeper Norman Manyethela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nkosi Mabalane hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Sanjay Bartlett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nkosi Mabalane in the 89th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Nkosi Mabalane got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee felt a red card was in order, 95 minutes into the game, when Mawetu Magakula put in a rough tackle. After 95 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for RUSTENBURG F.C! Tyrell Thokozani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 102nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sanjay Bartlett having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Noizela had won after a very even match.