Ravele United win Mbofho tournament

Ravele United emerged as the winners of the Mbofho tournament, when they beat Midoroni Real Hearts in the final, at the Ravele grounds on Sunday.

The teams played to a 2-all draw and the winners were determined by a penalty shoot-out. Midoroni approached the match like a house of fire, with their  midfielders distributing telling passes to the strikers. They threatened to score five minutes into the match when Rudzani Khalushi forced his way through the defence and passed the ball to Delton Simali, whose attempt missed the target by inches.

In the 17th minute, Moses Mabeba of Hearts unleashed a powerful shot from outside the box and the keeper of United Sedzani Buasi watched in disbelief when the ball hit the back of the net. After the goal, Hearts lost shape in the midfi eld and United capitalised on this to equalise. Rendani Rathumbu dribbled past three players in a row and blasted in a rocket from  inside the box.

The second half saw United pressing hard in search of more goals. Realising that their chances were slim, United abandoned their positions and packed themselves at the far back. Phumudzo Thavhulo of Hearts scored the second goal of his team in the 78th minute after beating the off-side trap.

Two minutes later, Pfarelo Thathane scored the equalising goal.

Date:22 November 2013

By: Kaizer Nengovhela

Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.

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