The Cape Town derby clash between Cape Town City and Stellenbosch over the weekend deserved more love from the people of the Mother City.
What is the philosophical term for how finger-pointing won’t benefit anyone? Please find it and insert it right here.
I didn’t retweet anything after the match, I didn’t do a write-up, no interviews, nothing; like my number one style guru Gqunu would say:“You’re the last biscuit to crack in the box kaloku wena”. I’m that biscuit.
Let’s do better with the marketing and hoo-hah of this event. This includes the players, who besides obviously the ball, are the most important thing to the game because football without the players is just another ball really. There’s no game, no match, no goals, etc.
It very much includes the fans, let’s support those that do things, it’s only through your sharing of information and banter, that people catch onto the conversation.
I’m 100 percent sure there are numerous platforms and media people who pushed provincial rivalry, but those that saw it didn’t share or talk about it.
The action was better on the pitch than off it, with Aubrey Ngoma scoring his first goal since returning to the Citizens. It was a smooth move between him, Bradley Ralani and Terrence Mashego and I’m getting tingles up my spine just reviewing it now.
There were five yellow cards issued, four of them going to City players, so the players were up for a fight for sure. But it was Mogamad de Goede and Ashley du Preez that scored the deciding goals.
It was De Goede’s first goal ever in the top flight.
I mean bra, when you dig a little you find out he’s the son of former Hellenic FC and Cape Town Spurs, Faried de Goede.
So it means a lot for the tall 27-year-old defender to have found the back of the net in this particular match. A local derby on a weekend of derbies and rivalries globally.
Du Preez, meanwhile, is one exciting laatie, mfowethu. He was missing goals, but he’s scoring now and scored a nice curler for this winner.
He’s going to learn to manage his energy and everybody will be in trouble after that.
He’s edgy as hell, I hope he prepares himself for ways to adapt because he’s either going to be a well-paid legend at Stellies or he’s moving to another club or country, this one.
A one-on-one with Steven Pienaar in the off-season wouldn’t be a bad idea. Schillo, named after Italy legend Salvatore Schillaci, learned how to manage his dribbles in a game, and played one-touch and two-touch football.
He learned how to support his fullback.
Yet, when he left Mzansi, he was an all-out attacking No.10, who scored goals as well as creating them. Add entertainer and a lekker goal celebration to that mix too.
That’s my take from the game. I’m that guy now, a grootman. I don’t worry about the score, I’m all about the stories within the story.
Please bring the energy around the score and the pace of the players, all those numbers from the stats and analysis. Bring it, push it, let’s read and talk about it.
Everybody has a role to play.
I just wish I was there, Covid mara!
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