The Germiston City FC Super League One side put up a grand performance against Sporting, in a league match played at Chris Park, in Turffontein, on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The young Germiston side scored first in the eighth minute, with a well taken goal by Lebohang Chokoe, with Germiston playing good football in the opening 15 minutes.<\/p>
In heavy rain the referee decided to play on, making the conditions on the field difficult for both sides.<\/p>\n
A mix-up in the Germiston defence allowed Sporting to equalise and with conditions worsening Sporting were able to capitalise on another mistake in the Germiston defence ten minutes before half-time.<\/p>
Germiston going into half time 1-2 down were given a stern talking to by coach Len van Rooyen.<\/p>\n
This did not seem to help matters, with midfielder Godfrey Chando being sent off for shirt tugging and a second bookable offence within five minutes of the re-start.<\/p>\n
Sporting threw everything at Germiston, but the defence held solid with substitute goalkeeper Themba Tshabalala making a series of fine saves to keep Germiston in the game.<\/p>\n
With the rain still pouring down, Germiston beat the Sporting off-side trap and Chokoe scored his second goal of the match.<\/p>\n
The team held out for the last 10 minutes, with Tshabalala being called upon to make some fine saves.<\/p>\n
The game ended at 2-2.<\/p>\n
The reserve team played some really attractive football for the first half and were unlucky not to go into the break ahead, but 1-3 down.<\/p>\n
Germiston carried on regardless, but the rewards came five minutes from the end, when they scored two goals to bring the score level.<\/p>\n
With less than a minute of added time left, the Germiston defence were caught on the attack, leaving goalkeeper Brian Kamanga on his own with the Sporting striker, who scored, leaving Germiston reeling to a second defeat in the league.<\/p>\n
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