Elite Eleven FC from Ga-Raphahlelo village
in Sekgosese was the only team outside Ga-Mamaila Village in the Top 4 Knockout
Tournament which took place on the 19th of April 2019 at Golden Sports Ground.
By Manthole Mashala
In the first match of the tournament
Mamaila Eleven forced the hosts Mamaila Golden to take an early shower after
crushing them out by 1-0. In the second match Elite 11 were too hot for Mamaila
Shiners to catch them, therefore Elite Eleven cruised to the finals with a 2-1
win.
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| The Champions: Elite Eleven |
The tournament got more interesting when
the first round winners locked horns and it was the survival of the fittest.
The match was decided on penalty shootouts whereby the defending champions,
Elite Eleven won the match with 3-2 when the game ended 1-1 in a full 90 minutes
play.
“I feel grateful and proud of us as a team
to be able to deliver good results and staying champions two years in a draw”,
said the Captain, Kagiso Ramoba.
His team walked away with a trophy, 17 gold
medals and R2 000-00 cash. If they win it again next year they will take the
floating trophy permanently.
“It was not simple and soccer is a sport
that doesn’t have therefore. Though you are the best you can still be beaten by
the under dogs but focus and determination of wanting to stay the champions
back to back are two things that made things easy for us”, added Ramoba.
He told Sekgosese Insider that with R2
000-00 prize money they are going to buy soccer balls and save the other cash
for the upcoming tournaments.
Ramoba further congratulated the organizers for
hosting a successful tournament.
The original idea was to host top 8 soccer tournaments
however they had to cut it to four teams because other teams did not avail
themselves.
“I was told that we should change from top 4 to top 8
soccer tournament and we went with it in order to accommodate Everyone but at
the end of the day those people (other four teams) where nowhere to be seen”,
said one of the Organizers, Mahlatse
Cassias Rantlhakgwa who is better known as ManCash.
He further told Sekgosese Insider that as a community
they should work together to promote and develop talent not to try and destroy
one another.
Sekgosese Insider was covering the tournament with
live updates on social media platforms and our reporters witnessed the event as
a success.
