Germiston City Football Club met Highlands Park in the quarter-finals of the ELFA Super League Cup, on Saturday, July 26.<\/p>\n
Despite their efforts, the team were defeated 5-1.<\/p>
City was under pressure from the kick-off, with a free kick given away by Rockie Islam.<\/p>\n
This brought City keeper Brandon Greyling into action within the first few minutes of the match.<\/p>
The pressure continued, with Greyling called on to stop Highlands’ relentless attack.<\/p>\n
City relied on the counter-attack and were unlucky in minute 11, when a well-timed header was narrowly saved by the Highlands keeper.<\/p>\n
This set Highlands back onto the attack.<\/p>\n
In minute 18 of the match, Highlands broke down their right and a seemingly miscued cross was not dealt with by the Germiston defence, leaving their keeper exposed for the first goal of the game.<\/p>\n
City played well and after some good play down the right, the right winger crossed into the box, only for Chinnaidi Ekwemmo to be fouled.<\/p>\n
Pizzo Muzo took the opportunity and scored for city from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
City were again under constant pressure and were lucky not to go behind after some mistimed tackles and bad back passes, as well as some good play especially a well timed tackle by Genie Sekobelo kept Highlands at bay.<\/p>\n
Dembi Mayamela a calculated free kick was well met by the City striker, Maketso with a shot just missing the Highland right upright.<\/p>\n
A defensive mix up by Keagan Mendes in the 32 minute of the match left Greyling exposed again and Highlands were again in front with their second goal of the match.<\/p>\n
City still had a few chances with Kaka Rachane coming close in the closing minutes of the first half, but his shot was well save by the Highlands keeper.<\/p>\n
The half time score saw City behind by one goal.<\/p>\n
Germiston kicked off the second half with a lovely attack down the right the cross was well trapped by Ekwemmo on his chest and a spectacular over head kick just missed the Highland goal.<\/p>\n
Highlands were however relentless in their attack and City managed to keep them down to the single goal difference for most of the second half.<\/p>\n
This, sadly, ended in the 63rd minute of the second half, when a misunderstanding in City’s defence led to Highlands’ third goal.<\/p>\n
Greyling, the City keeper who clearly wasn’t himself, was substituted for Brian Kamanga to make his first team debut in the City goal posts.<\/p>\n
Within a minute of Kamanga coming onto the field he had to collect the ball from the back of the net, as Highlands scored their fourth goal.<\/p>\n
There was no rest for Kamanga, and his first two minutes on the field saw him collect the ball from the net twice.<\/p>\n
Leaving the score 5-1 to the Highlands in the 65 minute of the match.<\/p>\n
City had no answer for the powerful Highlands side and the match came to a close with the final score of 5-1 to Highlands.<\/p>\n
This match put an end to a good cup run by Germiston City Football Club.<\/p>\n