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Benny's coach, Mr Justice Matloga (left) was named coach of the tournament. He receives a trophy from the president of Safa Sekhukhuni, Mr Lazarus Thokwane.
“We lost to a better team”
Sport Date: 13 December 2013
The coach of Benny's Care Development, Mr Justice Motloga, believes they lost to a better side in the final of the Metropolitan U/16 tournament at Seshego on Saturday.
Benny's lost 0-4 to the Transnet School of Excellence.
"We made a few mistakes that you pay for at this level,” Matloga said after the match. “But, let's give all the boys a pat on the back, because they did so well. We worked for each other, but we were up against a team that was just too good," he added.
He said that he was happy that they had reached the final of the tournament for the first time. He mentioned that the tournament was in honour of a former player, Andani Kutama, who died during a match in Durban last year.
The Transnet School of Excellence went home with R50 000, gold medals and a floating trophy. Benny's Care received R30 000 and silver medals.
Matloga was named coach of the tournament and he received a trophy. The Andani golden boot award and player of the tournament went to Phakamni Mahlambi of Transnet School of Excellence.
Written by
Kaizer Nengovhela
Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.
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