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Action of last week's decider between Black Leopards and African Warriors in Thohoyandou. Lawrence Dlomo of Warriors controls the ball while Lebohang Mabotja of Leopards (left) is on the way to intercept.
Sport - Date: 15 May 2015
This weekend marks the beginning of the long-awaited NFD promotional play-off matches. Black Leopards will play their opening match in front of their home crowd. They will host Jomo Cosmos at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Sunday.
The Thohoyandou outfit booked a place in the promotional play-offs after completing their league programme in the third position. Three teams, namely Black Leopards, Jomo Cosmos (both from NFD) and Moroka Swallows, will take part in the playoffs. Cosmos and Leopards finished their NFD League programs in the second and third places respectively, while Moroka Swallows wrapped up their Absa Premiership division programme in the second-last spot.
According to the Black Leopards head coach, Mr Zeca Marques, his charges are more than ready for the playoffs. Speaking shortly after their 2-0 victory over African Warriors at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Sunday, Marques said that they did not want to miss this chance. He added that the players were well aware of the fact that it was now a matter of do or die.
He reiterated the fact that they were not going to use their head-to-head results with Jomo Cosmos as their measuring stick to determine what they will come across on Sunday. According to the history of the two teams, Cosmos’s best result against Black Leopards was a draw.
Marques’s words were echoed by the club’s chairman, Mr David Thidiela. According to him, their aim is to win both home matches and at least one away fixture, saying that would be good enough to secure them a place in the elite league. Black Leopards will travel to Johannesburg next Wednesday (20 May), where they will play their second match against Moroka Swallows at the Dobsonville Stadium.
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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