{"id":173497,"date":"2018-02-23T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173497\/luso-africa-make-the-finals\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T12:35:04","slug":"luso-africa-make-the-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/02\/23\/luso-africa-make-the-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Luso Africa make the finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luso Africa\u2019s senior first and second teams continued their Top Eight Tournament campaign in an away match against Olympia Italian Football Club, last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tough match for both teams who were eager to come out on top of the group pairs and progress to the finals.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/172753\/luso-dominate-weekend-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Luso dominate weekend fixtures<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The match ended in a one-all-draw despite the best efforts of the players.<\/p>\n<p>Leandro De Abreu scored Luso\u2019s only goal of the match.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Luso\u2019s second team, unfortunately, succumbed to the pressure from their Olympia counterparts losing their match 0-2.<\/p>\n<p>The first team will now face Old Benonians Football Club in the tournament finals on Saturday at Luso\u2019s home grounds, Hattingh Park.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/153767\/luso-keeps-cup-dream-alive\/\">Luso keeps cup dream alive<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Other results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Luso\u2019s women\u2019s team recently played Bonaero Football Club winning their match 2-1 with goals from Megalie Mendes and Alex Michael.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Luso\u2019s veterans B team faced Olympia Italian Football Club in their weekly match beating them 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Luso\u2019s Safa Ekurhuleni SAB team drew their weekly match 2-2 against Valentino Football Club.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember 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