The
winners of the Danone Nations Cup National Finals will fulfil their dreams by
representing South Africa at the Danone Nations Cup World Finals in London
later this year where they will perform in front of Danone Nations Cup
ambassador and former France captain, Zinedane Zidane.
Monamodi
coach, Vuyo Nomatye, was delighted at the result. “This was totally unexpected
as this is only our second year in the tournament and our first time at the
provincial finals,” he said. “The boys are excited and everyone at the
school is proud of us, because they know how difficult things were at the
regional level. Winning the Danone Nations Cup Free State Provincial Finals now
means we have to work extra hard as we are only one step closer to the bigger
and better title.”
Nomatye
puts their success down to determination and hard work. “It took a while for
the boys to understand the style of play I was introducing and to work together
as a team,” he explains. “Our first four cluster games were difficult, and
although we won those games, we were not at our best. I then added an extra 30
minutes to the training sessions and that was when things got better and we managed
to win the regional title. We didn’t know what to expect at the provincial
finals, so I said to my boys; let’s go there and use the platform as a learning
curve, I didn’t think we were going to do so well, let alone win the provincial
championship.” Nomatye said that none of his players had every ventured outside
the village and the trip to Johannesburg to play in the National Finals will be
a learning experience.
Monamodi
Primary School now join Rietrivier Primary School from Northern Cape and Siphumele
Primary from KwaZulu-Natal in the National Finals. They are waiting for the
other six provincial champions to be identified and the first of those will be
known on Saturday April 20 when the Limpopo Provincial Finals take place.
RESULTS
Tlong-Kganeng
Public School 1 - 0
Selogilwe Primary School
Luckhoff
Combined School 0 – 0
Matswathaka Primary School (Matswathaka won 3-2
on penalties)
Monamodi
Primary School 1 – 0
Emang Primary School
Tlong-Kganyeng
Public School 0 – 1 Luckhoff
Combined School
Selogilwe
Primary School
0 – 0
Matswathaka Primary School (Matswathaka won 7-6
on penalties)
Monamodi
Primary School 1 – 0
Tlong-Kganyeng Public School
Emang
Primary School
0
– 1 Luckhoff Combined School
Selogilwe
Primary School
0 – 0
Monamodi Primary School (Monamodi won 4-1 on
penalties)
Matswathaka
Primary School 2 – 2
Tlong-Kganyeng Public School (Matswathaka won
3-1 on penalties)
Emang
Primary School
1
– 0 Selogilwe Primary School
Luckhoff
Combined School 1 – 0
Monamodi Primary School
Emang
Primary School
0
– 0 Matswathaka Primary School (Emang won 5-4 on
penalties)
Selogilwe
Primary School
1 – 0
Luckhoff Combined School
Tlongkganyeng
Public School 0 – 1
Emang Primary School
Matswathaka
Primary School 1 - 2
Monamodi Primary School
LOG
POSITIONS
Luckhoff
Primary School
Monamodi
Primary School
Emang
Primary School
Selogilwe
Primary School
Matswathaka
Primary School
Tlong-Kganyeng
Public School
FINAL
Monamodi
Primary School 3 Luckhoff Combined School 0.
