Highlands Park won a nail biting penalty shoot out 4-3 in the MTN8 Cup semi-final second-leg match played at the Makhulong Stadium on Tuesday night.
It was the right boot of 21 year-old winger Mokwete Mogaila that sealed the fate of Rise and Shine, sending the Lions of the North into their first cup final since 1983.
Mogaila came on in the second half in place of Lindokuhle Mbatha and was a constant thorn in the flesh for the visitors’ defence with his pacey runs. Da Gama believes the winger still has a chance to develop further.
City’s coach Zlatco Krmpotic felt hard done by some of the referring decisions and that his team was denied what looked like an obvious penalty.
Krmpotic challenged his charges to respond to this loss with a positive result against Matsatsansta a Pitoli in a PSL game this Saturday. – Report by Jefferson Lupuwana
A lot was said about the performance of @HighlandsP_FC & @polokwane_city in the two legged semi-final. After 180 minutes of football the tie finished goalless…. #WafaWafa pic.twitter.com/wU2eBF3P7C
— MTN8 Wafa Wafa! (@MTN8) September 18, 2019
ODG says they’ve moved on already and will only think about the final when it’s closer in two weeks time….. @HighlandsP_FC @polokwane_city #WafaWafa pic.twitter.com/fOYk12tM0o
— MTN8 Wafa Wafa! (@MTN8) September 18, 2019
@HighlandsP_FC will play in the final for the first time since 1983, after beating @polokwane_city on penalties last night. Coach ODG…. #WafaWafa pic.twitter.com/ygYAw6afmb
— MTN8 Wafa Wafa! (@MTN8) September 18, 2019
Krmpotic says it’s also not easy in the PSL because most teams concentrate on having a strong defense… #WafaWafa pic.twitter.com/EmBtywyASh
— MTN8 Wafa Wafa! (@MTN8) September 18, 2019
@polokwane_city ballooned the last two penalties over the cross bar, they’ve only scored six goals in eight matches in all competitions this year. Krmpotic and his team have a goal scoring problem… #WafaWafa pic.twitter.com/MWv6RW0CUy
— MTN8 Wafa Wafa! (@MTN8) September 18, 2019
@polokwane_city head coach … Zlatko Krmpotic says a heavy programme coming to this game maybe affected them….Thela Ngobeni produced three good saves to deny them. #WafaWafa pic.twitter.com/HATKtN0ScJ
— MTN8 Wafa Wafa! (@MTN8) September 18, 2019