The Germiston City u-17 side came up against a hard, physical Bedford Saints FC on April 26, at the Delville Sports Club.<\/p>\n
The Germiston team, having much of the early ball, missed a number of chances in the first few minutes.<\/p>
A bad defensive error in the fifth minute led to Germiston conceding their first goal.<\/p>\n
The local team took control of the game, but were unable to break down the robust Saints’ defence.<\/p>
Germiston continued to pile on the pressure and were eventually rewarded with a finely taken goal, by Daniel Zwane, in the 41st minute of the first half.<\/p>\n
After half time Germiston continued to dominate, but were not able to capitalise on their pressure.<\/p>\n
Twelve minutes into the second half a counter-attack from Saints was not dealt with by the City defence and resulted in a second goal by Saints.<\/p>\n
Saints threw all their men back into defence to cope with the Germiston assault on their goal, with the Saints keeper being kept busy pulling off a number of fine saves.<\/p>\n
The Germiston pressure finally paid off, when Lebogang Chokoe put the ball into Saints’ net.<\/p>\n
Saints managed to hold out to the end, with a final score of 2-2.<\/p>\n
Coach Len van Rooyen, of Germiston, was happy with the performance.<\/p>\n
“The team showed character in coming from behind twice against the strong Saints,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Germiston reserves, playing on the same day, demolished an ageing Saints side 9-3.<\/p>\n