The much-awaited ABC Motsepe League match between Ablex United and Mikhado FC will be staged at the Makhado Show Grounds tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.
Most of the teams affiliated to the MMK Administrators Soccer League will be playing their 15th league match for the current season this weekend.
“We might have squandered a lot of scoring chances, but the good thing is that we have won the match,” the coach of Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM), Mr Lucky Nelukau, said shortly after his team had beaten Steenberg United 1-0 in their GladAfrica Championship League match at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday.
With nine matches remaining before the league activities for the current soccer season come to an end, the race for the league title and to avoid the relegation axe is becoming hotter by the day. A quick glance at the remaining fixtures for Black Leopards shows that the local lads have a steep mountain to climb.
The Nedbank Cup last-16-round matches will be played this weekend. The first round-16 match will be staged at the Thohoyandou Stadium this evening (Friday). That is where Black Leopards will host another amateur side, Amavarara FC, starting at 20:00.
Mikhado FC meant business when they hammered Tshakhuma RO Nandilani (TRON) 7-2 in their ABC Motsepe league match at the Rabali Stadium on Saturday.
Black Leopards were almost sure of a point when Orlando Pirates broke their hearts with a late goal in their Absa Premiership League match at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Multichoice Diski Challenge Black Leopards finally rose to the occasion and beat Baroka FC 3-2 in their league match at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday. The young Lidoda Duvha played 23 league matches without tasting victory before their match last Saturday.
The ABC Motsepe League game between Mikhado FC and Eleven Fast Tigers at the Makgoka Stadium outside Polokwane on Saturday was not played to the finish. The game ended abruptly about 15 minutes into the last half. At that stage, Fast Tigers were leading 1-0.
The Rabali Stadium will be a good place for soccer lovers to be tomorrow afternoon. That is where the much-awaited ABC Motsepe League match between Mikhado FC and Tshakhuma RO Nandilani (TRON) will take place.
After suffering two successive defeats, Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations for their GladAfrica Championship League match against Steenberg United at the Thohoyandou Stadium tomorrow afternoon.
