{"id":198759,"date":"2019-03-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198759\/germiston-disappointed-with-loss\/"},"modified":"2019-03-13T14:50:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T12:50:38","slug":"germiston-disappointed-with-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/03\/13\/germiston-disappointed-with-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Germiston disappointed with loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a loss against Alberton Football Club in their opening Easterns Football Association (ELFA) Super League match, Germiston City Football Club travelled to Johannesburg for their encounter with Linhill Celtic Football Club.<\/p>\n<p>Germiston started the match strongly and was soon 1-0 up, following a goal from Tendai Rufai.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The club continued to put the pressure on the home team and was almost rewarded for their efforts with a second goal.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198263\/germiston-suffer-super-league-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston suffer Super League defeat<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>However, this wasn\u2019t to be as the ball struck the crossbar and Linhill immediately launched a counter-attack.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The attack saw the home team scoring their first goal of the match as the ball inched its way passed Germiston goalkeeper Chad Nel.<\/p>\n<p>The teams went into half-time tied at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Germiston seemed to be in a flurry in the second half, missing a number of opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The missed chances came back to haunt the visiting team when a Linhill striker took a shot at goal and the ball deflected into an empty net.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/197770\/germiston-city-fc-on-track-ahead-of-new-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston City FC on track ahead of new season<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This meant a 2-1 victory from Linhill and a second Super League loss for Germiston.<\/p>\n<p>Germiston\u2019s reserve team, who were on the back foot for most of the game, managed to draw their match against the Linhill reserve team 3-3.<\/p>\n<p>The club will host Musa United FC in their first home match of the season at Germiston City Sports Grounds on Saturday.<\/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\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/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='ea29093a9170a3a083bb7b78794df01d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germiston City Football Club travelled to Johannesburg to take on Linhill Celtic Football Club in their second Football Association (ELFA) Super League fixture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":197120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Germiston City 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