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'I wanted to create a legacy,' said the Orbit head coach.
Letsie Koapeng (left) celebrates with Pogiso Makhoye after scoring Wednesday’s winning goal against Cape Town City. Picture: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Orbit FC head coach Pogiso Makhoye praised the people of the North West after bringing Betway Premiership football to the region for the first time in seven years.
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Makhoye’s Orbit side beat Cape Town City 1-0 at Olympia Park in Rustenburg on Wedneday to seal victory in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
Glory for Orbit, City misery
City will have to play in the Motsepe Foundation Championship next season, a sharp decline for a side that had not finished outside of the top eight in the Premiership since they were founded in 2016.
“I wanted to create a legacy, I said one day we must promote this team to the NFD (Championship) and take them to the PSL (Premiership). I dedicate this to the people of the North West. We are like Moses, we have taken them from Egypt to the land of milk and honey. I am so proud of these boys.”
It was Letsie Koapeng who got the vital goal on Wednesday, the experienced striker signed in the January transfer window.
‘We knew this was our moment’
“When we signed Koapeng, (Tshepo) Matsemela and (Moikhomotsi) Thibedi in January, we brought them for their experience,” added Makhoye.
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“We were the second best team in the NFD, (we) deserve to be here, (we) took Durban City (Durban City won the Championship and automatic promotion) to the last day (of the regular season). knew this was our moment.”
