It was an afternoon to remember last Saturday as Gaborone United reclaimed the city’s bragging rights with a 2-1 victory against cross-town rivals Township Rollers, in an action packed BTC Premiership fixture.
Mara Moloi was the first to find the back of the net with a
header giving the ‘Reds’ a lead on the 11th minute.
Popa tried to come from behind but GU keeper Goitseone Phoko was up for the
task as he kept their enterprising strike force at bay till half time.
On the 72nd minute of the game, Thatayaone Kgamanyane extended GU’s lead but
Rollers were not deterred as they kept surging forward and were rewarded as
Motsholetsi Sikele halved the deficit.
Speaking after the game GU Caretaker Coach, Pontsho Moloi, said although he
felt they could have done better, he was happy with the desire and the attitude
of his players. He said scoring first has always worked for them even in the
past games as it helps them to stay composed for the remainder of the game.
“Today we played under a lot of pressure because our opponents are a big
team and they have good quality players. I also have a great quality and
experienced squad and they know what to do when we are under pressure. We work
and talk about this at training and here we are with yet another win. We take
every game as it comes and next up is Prisons XI who are breathing heavily up
our necks on the league table and it is going to be an interesting game, ”
said Moloi.
Rollers Coach, Frank Nuttal, said despite the loss he takes a lot of positives
from the game. He said they have a lot of injuries at the team.
He said he brought in Kamogelo Matsabu as a captain in the absence of Simisani
Mathumo who is nursing an injury .
Rollers fans however did not take kindly to the results as they went on the
rampage throwing bottles at referees and the Police had to intervene to rescue
the match officials.
