MADLENYA MISS SHARP SHOOTER NJABULO

MBABANE – The boy’s stuck to the game plan.

These were the comments of Mbabane Highlanders Coach Solly Luvhengo after a second half header by experienced playe, Musa Dlamini in the 84th minute of the game won it for the Mbabane giants to defeat a stubborn Madlenya FC side on Saturday afternoon at a packed Mayaluka Stadium.
The victory meant that Highlanders leapfrogged traditional rivals Mbabane Swallows to the third position in the league table, with both teams level on 34 points. Highlanders are ahead on better head- to-head .Highlanders’ Luvhengo said he did his homework about Madlenya ahead of the match.
“We were supposed to go to the halftime leading with the one-on-one chance Fabrice Mopina got which he failed to convert. We saw Madlenya FC when they played against Royal Leopard. They are a tough side that does not give up. I came in to the game having information about how Madlenya players and I’m happy that my boys responded very well to what was discussed in training” he said.

Luvhengo also mentioned that he was happy with Siwakhile Shongwe’s performance who gave a man of the match performance. “After having lost many players through injuries and suspensions we said that it was time for the youngsters to stand up and see if they were prepared to come to the deep end and do the job. I must take my hat off Siwakhile who was very fantastic throughout the match and it was his first start today (Saturday). The boy played the whole game without any problem. I’m happy to see all the players fighting for the position in the team and the team spirit is good,” Luvhengo said.

Happy

Meanwhile, his counterpart at Madlenya FC William Gamedze said he was happy with his boy’s performance and believed they should have won the game. We played well and it was only a mistake with the corner kick. Otherwise, we deserved to share the points with Highlanders. First 30 minutes Highlanders were on top of us but we were able to handle the pressure. In the last 10 minutes of the game we were all over them. The biggest challenge for the team right now is that we are missing Njabulo Maziya who was very deadly for the team,” he said .Mbabane Highlanders next have a fixture against an improving Royal Leopard side. Madlenya on the other hand, next face Mbabane Swallows.

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