{"id":42690,"date":"2024-04-22T13:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=42690"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:54:49","slug":"sundowns-stun-supersport-in-tshwane-derby-match-week-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=42690","title":{"rendered":"Sundowns stun SuperSport in Tshwane Derby | Match Week Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42702\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42702\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/football-chiefs-gdl-220424-400x290.jpg\" alt=\"Kaizer Chiefs enjoyed a good weekend in the Gauteng Development League, with their u19 team beating Tuks 5-2.\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaizer Chiefs enjoyed a good weekend in the Gauteng Development League, with their u19 team beating Tuks 5-2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Just when many believed that <strong>SuperSport United<\/strong> had announced themselves as real title contenders this season, following a stunning clean sweep of <strong>Panorama FC<\/strong> last weekend, <strong>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> inflicted a humbling 3-1 defeat on the sky blues of Tshwane at <strong>Clapham High School<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Two of the league&#8217;s most exciting forwards, <strong>Bohlale Ngwato<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Alagiozulu<\/strong>, had already made a big impression in the SuperSport United colours, prompting many to predict bright things for the club in this season&#8217;s <strong>Gauteng Development League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, their toughest challenge presented itself on Sunday, with United facing a red-hot Sundowns side away from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite the tough task that awaited them, many still picked SuperSport to pull off one of the upsets of the season. Then, when the United u13 team beat Sundowns 2-1, for a first ever win over the Brazilians, that belief was bolstered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, coach <strong>Surprise Moriri<\/strong>&#8216;s Sundowns&#8217; u19 side showed up and showed off once again, recording a 3-1 win to maintain their unbeaten run in the league thus far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In other results, <strong>Kaizer Chiefs<\/strong> was also one of the winners, convincingly beating Tuks 5-2 at the <strong>Naturena Village<\/strong>, while the defending champions, <strong>Highlands Park<\/strong>, fresh off a draw against Chiefs, which was preceded by a defeat against Sundowns, got back to winning ways at the <strong>Greek Sporting Club<\/strong>, where they beat <strong>Joburg City<\/strong> 2-1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jomo Cosmos<\/strong> and <strong>Randburg AFC<\/strong> shared 1-1 draws with <strong>Wits Junior<\/strong> and <strong>Rosina Sedibane Modiba<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>East Rand Athletic Club<\/strong> pulled off a shock when they lowered the colours of the <strong>Remember Elite Sport Academy (RESA)<\/strong>, taking a 2-1 win, while <strong>NWU Vaal<\/strong> cruised to a 3-0 win over <strong>Sevens Academy<\/strong> to infuse some momentum into their campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>u19<\/strong><br \/>\nMamelodi Sundowns 3-1 SuperSport United<br \/>\nJomo Cosmos 1-1 Wits Junior<br \/>\nRandburg AFC 1-1 Rosina Sedibane Modiba<br \/>\nPanorama FC 0-0 School of Excellence<br \/>\nJoburg City 1-2 Highlands Park<br \/>\nNWU Vaal 3-0 Sevens Academy<br \/>\nRemember Elite 1-2 East Rand Athletic Club<br \/>\nKaizer Chiefs 5-2 Tuks<\/p>\n<p><strong>u17<\/strong><br \/>\nMamelodi Sundowns 8-1 SuperSport United<br \/>\nJomo Cosmos 4-2 Wits Junior<br \/>\nRandburg AFC 4-0 Rosina Sedibane Modiba<br \/>\nPanorama FC 1-2 School of Excellence<br \/>\nJoburg City 1-0 Highlands Park<br \/>\nNWU Vaal 1-4 Sevens Academy<br \/>\nRemember Elite 3-2 East Rand Athletic Club<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>u15<\/strong><br \/>\nMamelodi Sundowns 4-2 SuperSport United<br \/>\nJomo Cosmos 1-2 Wits Junior<br \/>\nRandburg AFC 2-1 Rosina Sedibane Modiba<br \/>\nPanorama FC 0-5 School of Excellence<br \/>\nJoburg City 0-0 Highlands Park<br \/>\nNWU Vaal 0-4 Sevens Academy<br \/>\nRemember Elite 3-2 East Rand Athletic Club<br \/>\nKaizer Chiefs 0-1 Tuks<\/p>\n<p><strong>u13<\/strong><br \/>\nMamelodi Sundowns 1-2 SuperSport United<br \/>\nJomo Cosmos 1-3 Wits Junior<br \/>\nRandburg AFC 3-0 Rosina Sedibane Modiba<br \/>\nPanorama FC <b>(Walkover)<\/b> School of Excellence<br \/>\nJoburg City <b>(Walkover) <\/b>Highlands Park<br \/>\nNWU Vaal 0-9 Sevens Academy<br \/>\nRemember Elite 0-0 East Rand Athletic Club<br \/>\nKaizer Chiefs 5-1 Tuks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when many believed that SuperSport United had announced themselves as real title contenders this season, following a stunning clean sweep of Panorama FC last weekend, Mamelodi Sundowns inflicted a humbling 3-1 defeat on the sky blues of Tshwane at Clapham High School on Sunday. Two of the league&#8217;s most exciting forwards, Bohlale Ngwato and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42690","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\/42690","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=42690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}