League

Gazini
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dean Etafia made the kick off which started today's match. Gazini's Gary Thompson was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 5th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. With a little luck, Middelstuk's Noxolo Kolwa got control of the ball when Gary Thompson tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 10 played minutes Middelstuk got a freekick which was hit by Raymond Thobejane. Raymond Thobejane hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute, Gary Thompson 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. In the 14th minute Jocob Kubheka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noxolo Kolwa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jocob Kubheka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 17 played minutes Gazini got a freekick which was hit by Boyisana Kolwa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jocob Kubheka in the 20th minute of play forced Middelstuk's goalkeeper Noxolo Kolwa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 played minutes Maxwell Radebe rounded Middelstuk's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. After a rather tough play, Gazini's Boyisana Kolwa got a free kick in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jocob Kubheka in the 27th minute of play forced Middelstuk's goalkeeper Noxolo Kolwa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 minutes, Gary Thompson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gazini and the Middelstuk players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jocob Kubheka in the 31st minute of play forced Middelstuk's goalkeeper Noxolo Kolwa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34thth minute of the game Dean Etafia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gazini's Bradley Phakathi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Noxolo Kolwa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jocob Kubheka went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Noxolo Kolwa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Gazini's Jocob Kubheka shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jocob Kubheka to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Siyabonge Mathibe during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 52 played minutes Gazini got a freekick which was hit by Siyabonge Mathibe. Noxolo Kolwa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jocob Kubheka, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Dean Etafia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bradley Phakathi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dean Etafia in the 76th minute of the match. Dean Etafia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gary Thompson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 84 minutes, Gary Thompson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gazini's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gary Thompson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gazini's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.