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Stadium Arniston
Spectators: 6851 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1851, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jikolo Takane took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes, Bradley Mncube mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Arniston and the Bellavista players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bradley Mncube hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Norman Mandela's late challenge caught a FC Arniston's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Norman Mandela helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Norman Mandela hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Delron Sephadi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sanjay Lekgwathi having to make a save. Jakob Setlaba hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Lesego Klaasens succeeded in the game's 18th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. In the 24th match minute, Bellavista was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norman Mandela to maneuver through the defense. Lesego Klaasens blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Shumani King having to make a save. Delron Sephadi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sanjay Lekgwathi having to interfere. Tomas Klein received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Sanjay Lekgwathi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd match minute, Bellavista was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hoadley Magakula to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bomikaze Modise stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bellavista's goalkeeper Shumani King, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 57 minutes into the match, FC Arniston's goalkeeper Sanjay Lekgwathi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Delron Sephadi. If Lesego Klaasens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Delron Sephadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sanjay Lekgwathi made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Delron Sephadi sent off a good shot on target. Shumani King took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bomikaze Modise, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bellavista's Shumani King played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bomikaze Modise in the 73rd minute of play. Shumani King took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lesego Klaasens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bomikaze Modise hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Hoadley Magakula hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Bellavista's Shumani King played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bomikaze Modise in the 92nd minute of play. Bellavista's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.