Sunday’s inclement weather conditions saw the women’s Coke Cup quarter-final clash between UCT and Burnsley, at Khayelitsha Stadium, called off in order to prevent the risk of injury.
Rain stopped play with 20 minutes remaining and the students leading 1-0 at the time.
Over on the other side of the city, on the West Coast, at the Dunoon sports complex, Mfolozi FC coach, Vuyani Mathenga, had more to worry about than just the rain pouring down from the skies in his side’s under-18 quarter-final fixture against Fish Hoek’s Ubuntu Academy. Trailing 2-0 at the break, the Philippi-based side eventually went down 5-1.
Despite the result, Mathenga says he takes comfort in the fact that his young side did well to get this far, considering it’s their first time playing in the competition. Along the way; he says, they’ve faced stiff competition from seasoned campaigners.
“Yes it is our first time playing in the Coke Cup and reaching the quarter-finals is a great success to us as Mfolozi,” he said.
“The first half was not easy, we suffered a bad injury to our strong mid-field, so our opponents used that space. We tried to manage the game but conceded an early goal and gave away an unnecessary penalty,” he said.
In other under-18 action, Cape Town City beat Mandalay’s Ulana Academy in a match played at Khayelitsha while Woodlands beat Valhalla Park FC 3-2 in their quarter-final clash played at Dunoon. All men’s senior matches were called off because of Sunday’s adverse weather.
