A BRILLIANT performance by Fedics United saw them through to the next round of the Hansa Pilsener Cup after eliminating Young Beauties 1-0 in their Karas Second Division football match over the weekend.
Fedics, which mostly consists of young talented players, dominated the first half of the game, which ended goalless. Midfielder Leon ‘Laprakas’ Pienaar and George Isaacks knitted some brilliant passes in the midfield, giving no room for the tricky Young Beauties midfielders, Hendrik Titus and Sylvester Ortman.Young Beauties seemed to be inspired by their veteran defender Albertus Jossop, who came on as substitute at halftime, as they came back strongly with more attacking football, despite playing one man down.Deep in the first half, Patrick Windstaan of Young Beauties was red-carded for vulgar language towards the assistant coach of the opposing side.Fedics opened the score line in the 57th minute, when the towering Lothen ‘Ras’ Swartbooi unleashed a shot outside the 18-yard box after a superb pass by Clarence ‘Owen’ Andries.Young Beauties goalkeeper Aubrey Mathias had no chance.The deadly combination of Fedics strikers Swartbooi and Andries upfront had the solid defence of Young Beauties in the likes of Collin ‘Xolile’ Gusha, Browney ‘Straal’ Uazukuani, Martin Wimmert and Jossop on their toes, but their attempts were in vain.Fedics pocketed N$3 500 for their win.The coach of Fedics, who prefers to be called ‘Teacher’, said the win was unexpected, since most of the players were plagued with injuries and some key players were absent.He said the other region’s First and Second Division teams have to sweat for their money in the next round of the tournament.”We are now confident of a win in the next round,” he said.Young Beauties coach Paul Boonstander, a former player of premier league team Black Africa, said the team had to pay the price for playing one man down.Boonstander partly blamed the poor condition of the pitch and the absence of key players for his team’s loss.Most of the other games played over the weekend were decided on penalty shootouts.Although the games played over the weekend were not interrupted, veteran referee Eduard Swartbooi complained about the game-handling fee of N$30 they were paid by the Karas Second Division Committee during the elimination round.”When NFA referees of Windhoek handle game in the south, they are paid N$80 and are provided with three meals.Maybe refs in the south have to take any penny,” he said.The chairman of the Karas Second Division Committee, Josef Isaaks, said the NFA had not yet deposit the money meant for the referees, but pledged referees would be paid once the money was deposited into the committee’s bank account.Midfielder Leon ‘Laprakas’ Pienaar and George Isaacks knitted some brilliant passes in the midfield, giving no room for the tricky Young Beauties midfielders, Hendrik Titus and Sylvester Ortman.Young Beauties seemed to be inspired by their veteran defender Albertus Jossop, who came on as substitute at halftime, as they came back strongly with more attacking football, despite playing one man down.Deep in the first half, Patrick Windstaan of Young Beauties was red-carded for vulgar language towards the assistant coach of the opposing side.Fedics opened the score line in the 57th minute, when the towering Lothen ‘Ras’ Swartbooi unleashed a shot outside the 18-yard box after a superb pass by Clarence ‘Owen’ Andries.Young Beauties goalkeeper Aubrey Mathias had no chance.The deadly combination of Fedics strikers Swartbooi and Andries upfront had the solid defence of Young Beauties in the likes of Collin ‘Xolile’ Gusha, Browney ‘Straal’ Uazukuani, Martin Wimmert and Jossop on their toes, but their attempts were in vain.Fedics pocketed N$3 500 for their win.The coach of Fedics, who prefers to be called ‘Teacher’, said the win was unexpected, since most of the players were plagued with injuries and some key players were absent.He said the other region’s First and Second Division teams have to sweat for their money in the next round of the tournament.”We are now confident of a win in the next round,” he said.Young Beauties coach Paul Boonstander, a former player of premier league team Black Africa, said the team had to pay the price for playing one man down.Boonstander partly blamed the poor condition of the pitch and the absence of key players for his team’s loss.Most of the other games played over the weekend were decided on penalty shootouts.Although the games played over the weekend were not interrupted, veteran referee Eduard Swartbooi complained about the game-handling fee of N$30 they were paid by the Karas Second Division Committee during the elimination round.”When NFA referees of Windhoek handle game in the south, they are paid N$80 and are provided with three meals.Maybe refs in the south have to take any penny,” he said.The chairman of the Karas Second Division Committee, Josef Isaaks, said the NFA had not yet deposit the money meant for the referees, but pledged referees would be paid once the money was deposited into the committee’s bank account.
