{"id":63517,"date":"2014-07-08T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/63517\/young-side-impresses-in-senior-league\/"},"modified":"2014-07-08T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T06:55:11","slug":"young-side-impresses-in-senior-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/07\/08\/young-side-impresses-in-senior-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Young side impresses in senior league"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germiston City took on Olympia, of Bedfordview, in their Eastern Local FA League fixture, this past Saturday, at the Germiston Stadium.<\/p>\n

After a humiliating league defeat at the hands of Olympia two weeks ago, the young Germiston side were determined not to come away from this match without a win.<\/p>

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The team’s determination was spurred on by their win against Bedfordview, last week.<\/p>\n

Their hopes were sadly dashed, with the match ending in a goalless draw.<\/p>

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Despite the final score, this game up was anything but boring.<\/p>\n

City played most of the game in Olympia’s half of the field, with Olympia relying on the counter-attack to try to beat a resilient Germiston defence.<\/p>\n

Keegan Mendes and Dembi Mayimela were on top form and were credited with being essential to City’s defence; they kept Olympia at bay for most of the match.<\/p>\n

When the Olympia players did manage to pierce the Germiston defence, Brandon Greyling, City’s goalkeeper, was waiting.<\/p>\n

Greyling boasted a number of impressive saves throughout the match and, by doing so, he kept the team’s hopes alive and momentum high.<\/p>\n

In City’s other match played on the day, the reserves avenged their previous defeat by beating the Olympia reserve team 1-0.<\/p>\n

The goal was scored by Chinnadu Ekwemmuo, in the dying minutes of the game.<\/p>\n