“We will come back”

Time is running out for one of the Limpopo-based National First Division (NFD) League sides, Magezi FC. After gaining promotion from the ABC Motsepe League at the end of last season, Magezi are still battling to find a winning combination in the NFD.

Magezi have managed to collect full points in only one of the eight matches they have played to date. The only time they managed to register a victory was when they beat FC Cape Town 3-2 at the NNK Rugby Stadium in Cape Town on 10 September. They collected one point from a home match against Mbombela United and have conceded nine goals in their last two matches.

They were crushed 0-3 by fellow NFD rookies, Real Kings, at the Princess Magogo Stadium in Durban a fortnight ago.  Their most recent embarrassing defeat was a 1-6 drubbing at the hands of Royal Eagles at the Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg last Saturday, and they are languishing at the bottom of the 16-team log with only four points.

The team’s assistant coach, Mr Joel Mongalo, is optimistic that Magezi will soon bounce back and move out of the relegation quagmire. When asked what he thought was a problem area in the team, Mongalo mentioned that there was nothing wrong with the team, saying that "the players are taking too long to acclimatize with the heat in the NFD."

He appealed to the fans to continue rallying behind the team the way they did when Magezi were campaigning in the ABC Motsepe League last season. He assured the supporters that the team will not be relegated to the lower division at the end of the season. Magezi will fly to Cape Town tomorrow, where they will meet Milano United at the Blue Downs Stadium.

Sport - Date: 28 October 2016

Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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