{"id":10260,"date":"2013-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/10260\/big-win-for-luso\/"},"modified":"2013-08-05T13:41:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T11:41:31","slug":"big-win-for-luso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2013\/08\/05\/big-win-for-luso\/","title":{"rendered":"Big win for Luso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luso Africa pulled off a big win on Saturday, beating Benoni Northerns 2-0 at Hattingh Park.<\/p>\n<p>This was a clash between seconds (Northerns) and thirds.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Luso looked like the better side from the start, as they were applying pressure to their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Although they put on pressure from the start of the game, there were not too many goal-scoring opportunities created by the home side.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This all changed when the home side were awarded a free kick from close to the box.<\/p>\n<p>Northerns&#8217; defence failed to deal with the cross and Luso manged to score.<\/p>\n<p>The goal gave the home side even more confidence and they started to look more dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>They had the visitors&#8217; goal under siege and the Northerns&#8217; goalkeeper had to pull off great saves to stop Luso.<\/p>\n<p>Luso had the opposition in trouble, especially in set pieces, as Northerns seemed to struggle to defend against corners and free kicks.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides went into halftime with Luso leading 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>The second period saw much of the same, as Luso looked dangerous with corners.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors were not convincing going forward and had to do something to pull the game back.<\/p>\n<p>They brought on former Mamelodi Sundowns star Manqoba Ngwenya to trouble Luso&#8217;s defence.<\/p>\n<p>Ngwenya almost equalised from a free kick, but great goalkeeping stopped his shot.<\/p>\n<p>Luso thought they had doubled their lead when they had the ball in the back of the net, only for the referee to award them a foul.<\/p>\n<p>This seemed to be a strange decision by the official, as spectators felt that he should have played advantage for the home side.<\/p>\n<p>It did not take long for the second goal to come, however.<\/p>\n<p>A swift counter attack move saw Luso double the lead and effectively put the game out of the opposition&#8217;s reach.<\/p>\n<p>But, Northerns did not give up.<\/p>\n<p>They had a chance of pulling a goal back when Ngwenya was fouled in the 18-yard box.<\/p>\n<p>The tall former Premier Soccer League star got up to take the penalty and spectators watched in horror as the spot kick sailed over the bar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='da796dcc49ab9fc5ac26db17e02a9e33'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luso Africa beats a team that is above them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":10261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Cyril Lehong","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1251,1405],"class_list":["post-10260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-luso-africa","tag-soccer-hattingh-park-benoni-northerns"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["Luso Africa","Soccer; 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