Mulodi Young Santos are the Midey Charity Cup champions

The winners, Mulodi Young Santos, holding their prize money and trophy with the sponsors after their victory against Phalama.

Mulodi Young Santos are the Midey Charity Cup champions

Mulodi Young Santos clinched the annual Midey Charity Cup final when they beat Phalama Young Vultures 2-0 in an entertaining game played before a capacity crowd at the Phalama Sports Grounds on Saturday.

The other teams that took part in the tournament are Lukau FC and Vondwe 11 Bullets.

For their efforts, Santos received a cash prize of R5 000, a trophy and medals, while runners-up Phalama received R2 000 and medals.

The tournament is the initiative of Midey Trading CC, a finance and funeral company owned by businessman Ayodele Ogunrinde.

Mulodi attacked their opponents from the first whistle, using the right flank to penetrate Vultures' defence. They scored their first goal only 10 minutes into the game. Their lethal striker, Tshamano Raphalalani, received a difference-splitting pass before beating the Vultures' keeper, Khathutshelo Mabasa, with a grass cutter.

Vultures' goalkeeper was at his best between the poles. He pulled off two stunning saves to save his team from further embarrassment in the first half. The score was 1-0 at the interval.

In the second half, Vultures came back more organised, especially in the midfield, where they started to dictate the pace of the game. Their undoing, however, was that when trying to get an equaliser, they left themselves open at the back.

Santos nearly increased the margin when they were awarded a penalty in the 75^th minute, but Phalama's acrobatic goalkeeper saved it.

With only five minutes to go, Mulodi sealed the game when Ndivhuho Netshikweta scored with a brilliant free kick.

In handing over the prizes, Ogunrinde said that the tournament was about ploughing back into the community and bringing the community together through sports. He said they were also there to empower the community on issues of business that they could start their own businesses to sustain themselves.

Midey owners Ms Olive and Mr Ayodele Ugunrinde hand over the trophy to the player of the tournament, Khathutshelo Mabasa.

The runners-up, Phalama Young Vultures, receive their second prize of R2 000 from the sponsors Ms Olive (left) and Mr Ayodele Ugunrinde. In the photo is the coach, Mr Robert Nemutanzhela (second from left), captain Khathutshelo Nemutanzhela (third from left) and local traditional leader Thivhilaeli Munyai.

Date:21 June 2018

By: Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019.

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