All roads lead to Pretoria West for the much anticipated 2024 Varsity Women’s Football final showcase this Friday 9 August, a matchup that will see record six time champions TUT take on the defending champions UWC.
Both sides head into this encounter as fair favourites after the teams produced fantastic runs in their campaign to make the finals. UWC demolished NWU 6-0 in the semi-finals making a clear statement as favourites. The home side TUT faced one their biggest rivals in the shape of UJ, in a thrilling encounter. It took The Red Army a 4-2 victory on penalties after a 1 all draw.
The Red Army opened the scoring through captain Tshegofatso Motlogelwa’s perfect strike inside the box before Thato Mofolo cancelled it out from a long range shot.
Motlogelwa believes her side determined and ready to give it all and dethrone the current champs.
“We are happy to be finalists, the coaches are trying to rebuild the team and bring back the glory days. We are highly motivated, this is by far the strongest team compared to the last three seasons we had. I don’t know about other teams, but we went to this tournament well prepared physically and mentally, we had more than six weeks of preparation. We want it more than anything.”
Motlogelwa alludes to the balance in the team with numerous experienced players and newcomers.
“The likes of Sbongile Msuthu and Dineo Ramaoka have experience, they play in higher competitive leagues. This had a positive impact in our campaign, because you play with players that are used to playing under pressure.”
“UWC is a well organised team, they are the defending champions they won’t just give up. They would want to defend their title, so it is going to be a tough one, it won’t be easy.”
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By Lehlogonolo Ditshego
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