Venda Football Academy (VFA) are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations for their two upcoming Motsepe Foundation Championship League fixtures. VFA will fly to Cape Town on Sunday to play against Cape Town All Stars that same afternoon.
VFA's newly appointed head coach, Mr Simo Dladla, is adamant that his side will soon become a force to be reckoned with. He said that he had been working on the physical and mental fitness of the players ever since he had joined the team last week. According to him, that will be followed by the search for a winning combination from the pool of talent, a mission that he aims to accomplish in the next two or three matches.
Dladla admitted that he knew nothing about Cape Town All Stars. He added that he had not been following the National First Division teams for some time as he had been coaching DStv Premiership Division teams for a long time. "Judging from their position on the log standings, it looks like Cape Town All Stars are also battling to find a winning combination," said the former mentor for Richards Bay FC.
All Stars are lying in the 10th position on the log standings with 10 points. They had managed to win only two of the eight matches they had played to date. VFA are perched in the 13th spot with seven points.
VFA will not come back home after the game. Instead, they will stop in Pretoria and wait for their next fixture against JDR Stars, which will be played at the Soshanguve Giant Stadium outside Pretoria next Wednesday (26th).
JDR Stars are in a joyous mood, following their 2-1 victory over Cape Town All Stars at the Soshanguve Giant Stadium last Saturday. The Stars will have a mammoth task to neutralise VFA's strikers in Rhulani Manzini, Rotondwa Mutsivhuli and Rudzani "Zoba" Thobo.