Eagles and Brooms in draw

Maebane Young Eagles played their hearts out to hold Makhitha up the brooms to a 4-all draw in their MMK Administrators league match at Makhitha on Sunday.

The match started at a fast pace, with both sides threatening to be the first to hit the target. Brooms opened the scoring in the 10^thminute. Eagles' keeper, Matwatse Marakalala, was left flat-footed by Lloyd Maluleke.

Eagles missed a fortune in the 12^th minute, when a header by Justice Mametja went a little wide.

Brooms then scored the second goal through Thuso Mudau. He received a neat pass from Derick Makhubele and released a powerful shot from the edge of the box to bring the score to 2-0.

Shortly thereafter, a defender of the Brooms handled the ball inside the penalty area and the referee pointed to the white spot. Humbulani Managa scored from the spot.

In the 34^th minute, Lloyd Maluleke grabbed his second goal and the third goal of his team, after he headed in a free kick by Thabiso Makatu. Moses Rambau of Eagles scored his team’s goal from a free kick to make the half-time score 3-2.

The match turned lukewarm early in the second half. This was influenced by the fact that both sides were holding onto the ball for too long. Eagles scored their fourth goal when Thuso Mudau tried his luck from outside the box. The celebration was, however, cut short when Edzani Moshapo scored his team’s third goal.

Humbulani Managa of Eagles scored the equaliser when he received the ball from the centre line and ran straight to the stranded keeper to beat him easily late in the match.

Date:22 February 2018

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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