Times Of Swaziland: LIONS ROAR TO SWAZI TRAC SUPER LEAGUE

LIONS ROAR TO SWAZI TRAC SUPER LEAGUE
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Sports Reporter on 14/08/2024 15:27:00


SITEKI - RES Siyakha 1800 North West League champions Brave Lions have sneaked
into the Swazi Trac Lubombo Super League.
Lions survived a scare to beat Stonebreakers 7-6 on penalties to gain promotion
to the country’s football third-tier. The decisive match was played at KaLanga
Technical Centre outside Siteki, three days ago. In what can be termed a
dramatic come-back, the Vuvulane-based outfit turned the game on its head to
come back from a 0-2 deficit. This was after Stonebreakers, who are from the
Lubombo Western Zone, had taken the lead early in the first half.
With 25 minutes left before full-time, Brave Lions scored their first goal via
the boot of Siyabonga Shongwe. That goal proved to have brought a new dimension
of the match, with Brave Lions now pushing for an all-important equaliser, while
Stonebreakers were hoping to keep the lead until the final whistle. Brave
Lions’ never-say-die spirit finally paid off in the 87th minute, as Siko
Nkambule scored the equaliser to make it 2-2 and forced the match to a penalty
shootout. It is now history that Lions roared louder to ‘break the stones’
with a 7-6 win on penalties, much to the jubilation of their supporters.