After suffering a 1-7 drubbing at the hands of Cape Town All Stars in their Nedbank Cup qualification-round match that was played at the Soshanguve Giant Stadium outside Pretoria last Friday, Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) are determined to exact sweet revenge when the two teams meet in their Motsepe Foundation Championship League match at the Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon.
During an interview with the team's caretaker coach, Mr Lucky Nelukau, after Friday's game, he said that Stars had deserved to win the game. According to him, his team had not had enough time to prepare for that game. He said that Stars would be in for a shock if they took the result of their Nedbank Cup game as a barometer to measure TTM's performance. Nelukau said that they regarded the 1-7 defeat as water under the bridge and that the spirit was high in their camp.
TTM will drive back to Tshakhuma immediately after the game to start with their preparations for their next league fixture. They will host University of Pretoria FC at the Thohoyandou Stadium next Tuesday. Should they fail to collect at least three points from the two matches, TTM will find themselves in a difficult situation as they will be fighting for survival in their remaining matches.
The other weekend matches are JDR Stars vs Pretoria Callies, Cape Town Spurs vs Hungry Lions, Casric Stars vs Platinum City Rovers, Magesi FC vs MM Platinum and Uthongathi FC vs Polokwane City. Next Wednesday's fixtures are Hungry Lions vs MM Platinum, Polokwane City vs Platinum City Rovers, Pretoria Callies vs Magesi FC and Venda Football Academy vs Uthongathi FC.