{"id":197140,"date":"2019-02-16T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/197140\/luso-come-out-on-top\/"},"modified":"2019-02-15T14:47:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T12:47:59","slug":"luso-come-out-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/02\/16\/luso-come-out-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Luso come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday saw Luso Africa\u2019s first and second teams continuing their run in the Top Eight Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The friendly tournament sees the top eight teams from the 2018 Eastern Local Football Association (ELFA) Super League going head-to-head.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s matches against Benoni Northerns FC were played at Luso\u2019s home grounds, Hattingh Park.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/196807\/luso-africa-fc-impressive-form-ahead-2019-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Luso Africa FC in impressive form ahead of 2019 season<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The first team was looking to continue their winning streak, after a win against Alberton FC, but struggled to find their footing in the first half.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The club was 0-1 down as the teams headed into half-time.<\/p>\n<p>During the break, some changes were made.<\/p>\n<p>These changes saw the tempo of the match change and Luso took control of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Cebo Bibi and Liam Jordaan ensured the team a 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/196972\/germiston-defeat-linhill-celtic-4-2\/\">Germiston defeat Linhill Celtic 4-2<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The second team were not as lucky in their match and found themselves 0-2 down after a difficult first half.<\/p>\n<p>Though the second half improved for the club with goals from Mbatha Mphikeleli and Balin Bennisan, it was not enough to clinch the win.<\/p>\n<p>Benoni Northerns FC won the match 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday the team will travel to Turffontein to face Sporting FC in their next Top Eight Tournament fixture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e 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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" 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