Madiba Cosmos rampant over Glamour Boys
By Tebogo Senosha
A Tshepiso Maropola-inspired Madiba Cosmos, walloped Glamour Boys 4-1 in their SAFA Tshwane Super League contest recently
at the Extension 2 Sporting Ground.
Cosmos came into the match targeting their
third consecutive league victory while Glamour Boys were looking to rectify
their errors from their 1-1 draw against Thiba Home Stars.
The home side threatened first when Bongani
Seroke connected well with captain, Tshepang Mathiba’s corner-kick which forced
a decent save from the visitors’ shot-stopper, Abram Kotsane, 15 minutes into
the match.
The visitors looked disorganized especially
in the middle of the park and as a result, defended deeply for the better part
of the first half.
Cosmos’ midfield maestro, Kagiso “Fire”
Msiza tried his luck from range in the 35th minute but his shot
narrowly missed the target as the home side pressed on for the opening goal.
Bongani Mnguni should have opened the
scoring for the home side on the stroke of half time, but his shot went inches
wide of the target following a great pass from Mathiba.
The match went into the half-time interval
still locked at 0-0 stalemate.
An electrifying second-stanza followed as
both teams pushed numbers forward in search of an opener and the visitors were
unlucky not to open the scoring 10 minutes after the restart when Lebogang
Selokana fired his shot wide with only the goalkeeper to beat.
It was the home side that drew the first
blood in the 63rd minute through their play-maker Tshepiso “Scara”
Maropola who did well to bury his effort after showing some great individual
display to make it 1-0 to Cosmos.
Bongani Seroke extended the home side’s
lead 10 minutes later with a cheeky chip over the goalkeeper after getting on
the end of a defence-splitting pass from Msiza to go 2-0 up.
With time running out, Glamour Boys pushed
numbers forward looking to half Cosmos’ lead and as a result they opened at the
back, suffering from successive counter-attacks from the home side.
As a result of their continuous pressure on
the visitors, Cosmos were awarded a free-kick in a promising area in the 75th
minute and Maropola stepped up to complete his brace with a well-placed shot to
make it 3-0 to Cosmos.
The visitors soon pulled one back through
Lebogang Selokana in the 77th minute, however Cosmos’ second-half
substitute, Khutso Boshomane, sealed the home side’s victory with a thunderous
shot from range to put the final score at 4-1, giving Madiba Cosmos a
well-deserved victory over Glamour Boys.
The all smiles Cosmos coach, Ronny Ramaru,
praised his charges for converting most of their chances.
“I am happy with my boys today; they worked
very hard for one another as a team. Our main focus is now on collecting
maximum points in our upcoming game,” said Ramaru.
The visibly disappointed Glamour Boys
coach, Simon Matseni, rued his team’s costly defensive errors especially in the
second half.
Matseni said, “The boys looked rather
unconvincing in their defence today and that cost us a lot. We will try to
rectify our errors and get the team back to winning ways as soon as possible”.
Cosmos would be looking for their fourth
consecutive league victory when they go away to log-leaders, The Movers, on
Sunday afternoon, while Glamour Boys would be hoping for positive results when
they host Mike One Stars on the same afternoon at Giants Stadium.
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