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By Karabo Makao
Residents of Leeuwfontein were treated to a day of great soccer performances at the Leeuwfontein Sports Complex on October 25 when Big Save athletes from various stores played in a tournament.
The athletes were from Marble Hall, Mabopane, Tshwane Market and Hammanskraal stores of the company.
Marble Hall and Tshwane Market teams were the first to showcase their excellent skills to the soccer lovers, with the former winning the tightly contested encounter by three goals to two.
The win saw the team advance to the final of the tournament. The second clatch was between the players from the stores in Mabopane and Hammanskraal. The two teams took the temperamental game to each other.
Hammanskraal pulled through with the team’s persistent character and emerged as winners in the highly contested game. They turned the game around late into the first-half, pressuring the Mabopane side. Hammanskraal won the game two-nil.
The Marble Hall side and the Hammanskraal team, known as Juventus, battled it out in the final game of the tournament.
Both teams did not back down and had clear intentions of taking the trophy home. The competitive engagement ended on a one-all draw after 90 minutes.
The match went into penalty shootouts. Juventus emerged as the tournament winners after they managed to score four penalties. They missed one.
Marble Hall missed two penalties. They only managed to score three goals from the penalty spot, resulting in the players going home with medals only.
The Hammanskraal champions walked away with the trophy and medals, a testament to their continued excellence to soccer.
Meanwhile, Rivers FC and C4 FC under 17 sides played in a friendly match alongside the tournament. Rivers won the game by four goals to one.
