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IOL News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
How Owen da Gama's unity strategy is saving Magesi FC from PSL relegation
Magesi FC coach Owen da Gama believes that team chemistry – not star power – is what's keeping the Limpopo-based club above water in their maiden season in the top-flight. The PSL newcomers continued their dream run at home this past weekend, grinding out a 1-0 win over TS Galaxy in Polokwane. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ The result marked their sixth consecutive home victory in the Premiership, and lifted them to 10th place on the table – six points clear of bottom-placed SuperSport United. The league's recent shake-up, following the expulsion of Royal AM for failing to honour multiple fixtures, means no team will suffer automatic relegation this season. However, the team that finish 15th will be drawn into a promotion/relegation playoff mini-league with two second-tier clubs. Only the winner of that group will retain or earn a top-flight place next season. That reality has only sharpened the focus at Magesi, who now require just five points from their final four matches to mathematically ensure survival. But for Da Gama, it's not just about the math – it's about the mindset. Magesi slow TS Galaxy's chances at the #TotalEnergiesCAFCC spot in the #BetwayPrem 📉#SSDiski — SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) April 20, 2025 'We may not have the most experienced or technically gifted players in the league,' said Da Gama, 'but we have a team, a proper unit. And that has made all the difference.' He continued: 'We've built a culture where we play for each other, we work for each other, and we support each other – on and off the field. 'That spirit is what turns a team that's used to losing into one that wins.' Da Gama's emphasis on unity and belief has paid off handsomely over the past month. Magesi not only beat TS Galaxy, but also strung together victories against SuperSport United, Richards Bay, Golden Arrows and Stellenbosch FC. The impressive run saw the coach recognised with the PSL Coach of the Month award for March – a first for him since returning to top-tier management. But true to form, Da Gama chose to deflect personal praise, highlighting the efforts of his entire technical team. 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 🏆 Owen Da Gama is the #BetwayPrem Coach of the Month for March. He led @Magesi_FC to four wins from five matches. — Official PSL (@OfficialPSL) April 3, 2025 'There are so many great coaches in this league, so to be named Coach of the Month is an honour,' he said. 'But I can't claim it alone. I share this with my assistants, the fitness coach, the goalkeeper coach –everyone. For me, this is really 'Technical Team of the Month'.' That collective spirit has clearly filtered through to the players, who have embraced the underdog role with growing confidence.
TimesLIVE
21-04-2025
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Stellenbosch can beat Simba in Durban, says Barker
Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker is far from discouraged by Sunday's 1-0 Caf Confederation Cup semifinal first leg defeat to Simba, asserting they can overturn the deficit in the second leg as the Tanzanian are 'beatable'. Jean Ahoua scored the only goal in stoppage time in the first half at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar City to give Simba an advantage ahead of the second leg at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday (3pm). It is a slender advantage, though. One Barker — who has schemed a run to the semifinals in the ambitious Cape club's first foray into continental football, including a major 1-0 aggregate upset of Zamalek, beating them by that scoreline in Cairo — believes is surmountable. Despite losing to Simba in the semi-final 1st leg, Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker says The Reds are beatable! #SABCSportFootball #TotalEnergiesCAFCC — SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) April 20, 2025 'We were the stronger team,' Barker said. 'Obviously we were trying to get an away goal. [But] I am very confident that when we are home, we will overcome this deficit and we will be in the final. 'There's no surety we will get to the final but based on what I've seen, Simba are beatable.' In the home leg, Stellies will also hope to have No 1 goalkeeper Sage Stephens, fit after he missed the first leg because he failed a late fitness test. Stephens' absence saw second-choice, Oscarine Masuluke, get a rare start, and the 2017 Puskas Award nominee made a few great saves in Zanzibar. Masuluke, though, also allowed Ahoua's low, skidding free kick, which eluded a host of Stellies and Simba players in the box, in under his arm. Simba coach Fadlu Davids says their performance was not good enough against Stellenbosch FC despite their 1⃣➖0⃣ victory in Zanzibar! #SABCSportFootball #TotalEnergiesCAFCC — SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) April 20, 2025 The semifinals first leg could not take place at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Simba's home-ground fortress, as the Dar es Salaam venue was under maintenance. Zanzibar City is on the island of Zanzibar, an 80km ferry ride from Dar. The second leg is being staged at Moses Mabhida Stadium because Cape Town Stadium is hosting a United Rugby Championship game between the Stormers and Italian side Benetton on Saturday. Morocco's RS Berkane look certainties for another Confed Cup final appearance after thrashing CS Constantine of Algeria 4-0 in their semifinal first leg on Sunday. Berkane, who won a first Moroccan championship last month, have reached four Confed finals in the past six years, winning twice.
Morocco World
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Morocco World
CAF Champions League, Confed Cup: When, How to Watch Quarter-Finals Draw
The draw for the Champions League and the Confederation Cup quarter-finals will take place today in Doha, Qatar starting at 3 p.m. Moroccan time. Fans can catch the action live on BeIN Sports News. The draw will be split into two parts. The Confederation Cup draw, featuring RS Berkane, will take place at 3 p.m. Moroccan time, followed by the Champions League draw at 4 p.m., where AS FAR will learn their fate. Tune in tomorrow for our #TotalEnergiesCAFCL & #TotalEnergiesCAFCC quarter-finals draw LIVE through our YouTube channel 'CAF TV'! — TotalEnergies CAFCL & CAFCC (@CAFCLCC) February 19, 2025 Morocco will have two teams in the competitions. AS FAR, the Royal Army club, has made it to the Champions League quarter-finals after 18 years when they lost to l'Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia. RS Berkane, on the other hand, aims to go all the way in the Confederation Cup and carve its name as the competition's specialist in recent years, after they won it twice in 2020 and 2020, and were runner-up in 2019. The quarter-finals will be played over two legs in early April 2025. AS FAR's Champions League matches are set for April 1 and 8, while RS Berkane's Confederation Cup games will take place on April 2 and 9. AS FAR's Potential Opponents: – Al Ahly SC (Egypt) – Pyramids FC (Egypt) – MC Alger (Algeria) RS Berkane's Potential Opponents: – ASEC Mimosas (Côte d'Ivoire) – Al Masry (Egypt) – CS Constantine (Algeria)
