{"id":216059,"date":"2019-08-28T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216059\/germiston-survive-relegation\/"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:51:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T12:51:41","slug":"germiston-survive-relegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/08\/28\/germiston-survive-relegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Germiston survive relegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germiston City Football Club, with relegation still hanging over their heads, travelled to Bedfordview to face fellow strugglers Olympia Football Club in the Eastern Local Football Association (ELFA) Super League, last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Germiston needed one point from the game to be safe from relegation, but heading into the match the club had a run of bad luck starting with the resignation of coach Sreten Pavlovic, then several injuries to key players and finally the kick-off of the Castle League.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215332\/germiston-and-zwide-tackle-it-out-in-super-league\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston and Zwide tackle it out in Super League<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The club pushed these setbacks aside and took command of the game with an early goal from Eddie Mokotedi.<\/p>\n<p>After taking an early lead, Germiston settled into a defensive role, controlling the game from the midfield without creating many chances at goal.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This game plan helped them maintain the lead into half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Olympia came alive in the second half and were able to equalise after beating the Germiston defence.<\/p>\n<p>After three yellow cards from the referee, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/212010\/germiston-trounce-boksburg-in-super-league-match\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston trounce Boksburg in Super League match<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Both teams survived relegation after Zwide lost their weekend match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermiston bid a fond farewell to Pavlovic and thanked him for his loyal service over the last six years,\u201d said chairperson Peter Oliver.<\/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<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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