Villa Liza Masters FC beat VBDTAFC
According to Msawawa Thaga, home team coach, they are not hard done by the results as they lost the game to a very good team.
Villa Liza Masters FC (VLMFC) came back from a goal down to defeat Vosloorus Boksburg Danswart Taxi Association Football Club (VBDTSFC) 3-1 in a friendly match at Lesedi Sports Grounds on June 23.
The two teams were playing for the sum of R800 as each team contributed R400.
VLMFC participates in the Ekurhuleni Masters League while the hosts, VBDTAFC, is formed by taxi drivers who are working for the association.
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It did not come as a surprise to see the home team grab the lead within 10 minutes as they dominated the game for the entire 30 minutes. Their goal was scored by Fire Mlilo.
Ten minutes before the end of the first half the visitors gained their momentum. As a result of their hard work they were awarded a penalty after their striker was pulled down inside the box.
Sdumo Rakhokha chose the right spot to send the home team keeper in the wrong direction. The score was 1-1 two minutes before the end of the first half.
A few minutes after the start of the second half VBDTAFC left wing Jomo Tladi was injured and substituted. This gave the visiting team more freedom to attack, using the void left by Tladi.
The second and third goal came and the score was 3-1 to the visiting team.
He cited two reasons which led to them losing the game – one is they did not have enough time to prepare for the game and two, losing Tladi through injury.
“We have one left-footed midfielder. After he was injured they added more players to the middle of field to dominate our midfield. As a result, we lost the game,” said Thaga.
He said they learnt a lot from this game and they are going back to the drawing board to fix the mistakes that cost them the game.
Bannanan Makua, VBDTAFC right wing, said they have heard there is a team made up of Ikhwekhwezi FM presenters.
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“We would like to challenge them to a game,” said Makua.Vusi Mbele, the scorer of VLMFC’s second goal, said he feels good about winning the game.
“They have been challenging us for a long time now,” said Mbele.
The game was held to strengthen the relationship between passengers and taxi drivers.
