The Super League Cup was in the minds of football teams throughout the region on Saturday, and Luso Africa Football Club was no different.<\/p>\n
The first and reserve teams took on Old Bens in away matches at Old Bens home grounds in Benoni.<\/p>
Luso Africa are the current cup-holders and the first team came out looking for a win in the first round of the competition.<\/p>\n
They found what they were looking for, winning with the convincing score of 3-1.<\/p>
Old Bens are a team on a high at the moment with a good run of form going into the game.<\/p>\n
Luso, however, looked the sharpest and as if they wanted the win more.<\/p>\n
Two early goals by Igor Ivanov and Chagan Kruger gave the away team a much-deserved 2-0 lead before Old Bens got one back to make it 2-1 at the break.<\/p>\n
The second half saw Luso continue pressing and playing some great team football before Marco Cabeleira scored the third, ensuring a good win for Luso Africa.<\/p>\n
Luso\u2019s reserve team went down 1-0 to their Old Bens counterparts.<\/p>\n
After losing in the final last year, Luso were hoping to go one better and win the cup this year.<\/p>\n
Luso started relatively well and created two good chances early on which they failed to convert.<\/p>\n
This came back to bite them after Old Bens scored with their first real chance.<\/p>\n
The second half saw the Luso team pressing harder for an equaliser but again they could not take their chances.<\/p>\n
And that ultimately cost them the game and saw them kicked out of the cup.<\/p>\n
The Super League teams will be back at Old Bens this weekend in the league.<\/p>\n
In the SAFA Ekurhuleni Women’s League, Luso won 3-1 against Home Sweepers in Nigel.<\/p>\n
The women knew a win was important at the start as they are approaching the halfway mark in the league.<\/p>\n
And an early goal from Nicola Hills was just reward for their dominance.<\/p>\n
They did, however, fail to convert several more chances and Home Sweepers got an equaliser with the last kick of the first half.<\/p>\n
After making a couple of changes at half-time, the fresh legs were just too much for the Home Sweepers team and Natasha De Caires and Deme Kapatos made sure the girls took all the points.<\/p>\n
It was a very good team performance.<\/p>\n
The women currently have a 100 per cent record in the league which they hope to win and gain entry into the women\u2019s Sasol League.<\/p>\n
The women will be up against second-placed Phomolong Ladies at Luso this Saturday.<\/p>\n
Luso\u2019s SAB team took on Alberton Kargo at Alberton on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
Looking to keep the pressure on the top teams, they knew a win was important.<\/p>\n
They managed to come away with a very good 2-1 win and remain in third place, six points off the top.<\/p>\n
The u-11 boys played against Super Sport at Luso, and the youngsters under the guidance of Taiwo and Kehinde Akiode pulled off a very good 2-1 win.<\/p>\n
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