{"id":36874,"date":"2024-03-08T07:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T05:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36874"},"modified":"2024-03-08T07:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T05:09:59","slug":"all-eyes-on-gdl-weekend-fixtures-after-teenagers-star-in-the-psl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36874","title":{"rendered":"All eyes on GDL weekend fixtures after teenagers star in the PSL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RelebohileDevelopment football is in the spotlight this weekend following the DStv Premiership<\/strong> mid-week fixtures where a number of teenagers put on a show in the country’s top-flight competition.<\/p>\n

One of those youngsters was 19-year-old Wandile Dube<\/a><\/strong>, who was named in the starting line-up for the mighty Soweto giants, Kaizer Chiefs<\/strong>, and repaid coach Cavin Johnson<\/strong>‘s faith in him by scoring a screamer to secure a 1-0 home win for the Amakhosi over Golden Arrows.<\/p>\n

Relebohile Mofokeng<\/strong>, also 19 years of age, started and netted a goal for Orlando Pirates<\/strong> in their mid-week 1-1 draw with Cape Town Spurs<\/strong>, while Siviwe Nkwali (18) <\/strong>and Asekho Tiwani (18)<\/strong> graced the Premiership stage for Spurs and Sekhukhune United respectively.<\/p>\n

Two more teenagers, Luphumlo Sifumba (18)<\/strong> and Shakeel April (18), <\/strong>also bagged crucial minutes on the Premiership stage, turning out for Cape Town City<\/strong> in a 0-1 loss to Stellenbosch Football Club<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the big-time performances of those teenagers, all eyes, this weekend, will be on the Gauteng Development League (GDL)<\/strong>, where most of those youngsters honed their skills in preparation for professional football.<\/p>\n

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> <\/a>(www.supersportschools.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Among the players that will be on show in the GDL is SuperSport United<\/strong>‘s Benjamin Wallis<\/strong>, the captain of the under-19 side from Pretoria, who leads his charges against the defending champions of the division, Highlands Park<\/strong>, at Eskom Megawatt Park<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wallis will be alongside the reliable Kemorapedi Ngwato<\/strong> and Kagiso Mogokolo<\/strong>, while the promising duo of Keitumetse Lecia<\/strong> and Manelisi Mazibuko<\/strong> will also be out to deny “The Lions of the North” their first three-point haul of the season.<\/p>\n

A majority of the SuperSport United u19 players already have experience in the semi-professional DStv Diski Challenge<\/strong>, which will give them confidence that they can handle whatever the defending champions throw at them. However, Highlands Park u19s have the repertoire to make the encounter a closely contested battle between two of the best sides in the division.<\/p>\n

In other fixtures, Tuks<\/strong> will go up against East Rand Athletic Club<\/strong> at the University of Pretoria Campus<\/strong> on Saturday, while TS Galaxy<\/strong> welcomes Wits Junior<\/strong> at Sandown High School<\/strong> on the same day.<\/p>\n

Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> travel to the Randburg Sports Complex<\/strong> to face Randburg AFC<\/strong>, while Sevens Academy<\/strong> takes on Joburg City<\/strong> at the Alberton Football Club <\/strong>facilities.<\/p>\n

Rosina Sedibane<\/strong> and Remember Elite<\/strong> host Kaizer Chiefs<\/strong> and Kathorus Hype<\/strong>r at the Rosina Sedibane<\/strong> and President Park Stadium<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n

In the last of Saturday’s fixtures, Panorama FC<\/strong> welcomes the newbies, NWU Vaal<\/strong>, to the Panorama Sports Ground<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sunday Fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n

School of Excellence vs Jomo Cosmos at Elandsfontein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Development football is in the spotlight this weekend following the DStv Premiership mid-week fixtures where a number of teenagers put on a show in the country’s top-flight competition. One of those youngsters was 19-year-old Wandile Dube, who was named in the starting line-up for the mighty Soweto giants, Kaizer Chiefs, and repaid coach Cavin Johnson‘s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":36877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}