{"id":52484,"date":"2024-07-15T11:08:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=52484"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:08:16","slug":"sityana-disappointed-despite-a-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=52484","title":{"rendered":"Sityana disappointed despite a victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52619\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hockey-jeppe-150724-400x476.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Jeppe High School for Boys on Facebook.\" width=\"400\" height=\"476\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JeppeBoys\">Jeppe High School for Boys on Facebook<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite their 3-0 victory over <strong>Northcliff High School<\/strong> on Saturday, <strong>Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong>&#8216; head coach Siya Sityana walked away dissatisfied, believing that his side could have done better.<\/p>\n<p>Jeppe Boys welcomed Northcliff to the <strong>Boden AstroTurf<\/strong> and showed up with a revamped squad full of youngsters. Sityana said it was an opportunity to give those younger players a chance to showcase their abilities and skills.<\/p>\n<p>Their inclusion meant some of the side&#8217;s stars, including\u00a0Boipelo Koloti (Southern Gauteng u18A) and Tumiso Kameel (Southern Gauteng u18B), were among the regulars who did not play.<\/p>\n<p>In a tight clash, Jeppe claimed the win with a double from <strong>Ethan Kapanda<\/strong> and a further goal from <strong>Juan Martin<\/strong>. They were both members of the <strong>Southern Gauteng u18 A<\/strong> side at the\u00a0<strong>SASHOC National Week<\/strong>, where Kapanda was named the Defender of the Tournament and Martin was named in the SA u18A side.<\/p>\n<p>The Kensington boys broke open a deadlock in the second chukka, but their chances of blowing open the contest were undone by a number of unforced errors.<\/p>\n<p>Sityana expressed disappointment with his charges&#8217; lack of finishing. He said: &#8220;We played a lot of youngsters, and we missed quite a number of clear chances, and it was frustrating to watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Jeppe had been held to a goalless draw by <strong>Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> in Pretoria, and Sityana, despite the change in personnel, had been hoping for a turnaround. He didn&#8217;t mince his words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is disappointing after the goalless draw against Pretoria Boys High School. I was expecting the strikers to score more goals but going onto next week&#8230;I believe they will be slightly more confident,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite their 3-0 victory over Northcliff High School on Saturday, Jeppe High School for Boys&#8216; head coach Siya Sityana walked away dissatisfied, believing that his side could have done better. Jeppe Boys welcomed Northcliff to the Boden AstroTurf and showed up with a revamped squad full of youngsters. Sityana said it was an opportunity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":52619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52484","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\/52484","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}