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Welgevonden
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nelson Sewele kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jabu Mabalane during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 7th match minute, stellenbosh city was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrice Shongwe to maneuver through the defense. Promise Thabang charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Promise Thabang the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Welgevonden's Promise Thabang got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 22nd minute, Nelson Sewele 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. Mpenza Laher took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rabelani Kekana. Welgevonden's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thabo Mbheki got free with Soloman Tembe in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thabo Mbheki got free with Soloman Tembe in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Macheke in the 31st minute of play forced Welgevonden's goalkeeper Rabelani Kekana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Allan Macheke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nelson Sewele sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st minute Sam Machete shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rabelani Kekana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Patrice Shongwe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Patrick Maduna in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Soloman Tembe saved stellenbosh city from getting behind.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sam Machete to make the kick off. Thabo Mbheki scored 1-0 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Soloman Tembe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. stellenbosh city's Soloman Tembe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Maduna in the 55th minute of play. Thabo Mbheki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Soloman Tembe having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Sam Machete hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute Nelson Sewele shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Soloman Tembe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rabelani Kekana was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Patrice Shongwe. 92 minutes into the game, Sam Machete was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. stellenbosh city's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Welgevonden the free kick. Soloman Tembe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patrick Maduna went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Welgevonden's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.