League

Nino United stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jafta Klein made the kick off and thus started the match. When Shumani Macheke came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Tyeni fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Shumani Macheke couldn't finish the play. 8 minutes into the game, Tyeni's Darren Mandela nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Delron Klaasens made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 12th minute Darren Mandela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delron Klaasens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Delron Klaasens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shumani Macheke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Delron Klaasens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darren Mandela in the 20th minute of play. After 22 played minutes, Tyeni's Lazarus Shongwe shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Delron Klaasens came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tyeni reached it. In the 24th minute, Darren Mandela left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tyeni fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Jafta Klein sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Nino FC! Melusi Melele's late challenge caught a Tyeni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Melusi Melele helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 48th minute of the game. One of Nino FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Tyeni:s goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

After a defensive mix-up in Nino FC's zone, Shumani Macheke stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Delron Klaasens came out of the goal and Shumani Macheke tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Patrice Maduna came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Nino FC's Alex Mandla. But to his dismay, Alex Mandla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Patrice Maduna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jafta Klein, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shumani Macheke fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delron Klaasens having to interfere. Shumani Macheke fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delron Klaasens having to interfere. Mpenza Tau kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nazeer Maduna during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jafta Klein in the 80th minute of play forced Tyeni's goalkeeper Patrice Maduna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Shumani Macheke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alex Mandla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrice Maduna having to interfere. Alex Mandla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patrice Maduna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jafta Klein in the 91st minute of the match. If Jafta Klein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tyeni's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.