Opopo Football Club Academy set to torment rivals in the regional league again
South African Football Association (Safa) Johannesburg Men's Regional League champions Opopo FC receives sports equipment boost from online gambling operator, 10bet South Africa.
The feared Yellow Stream champions of the Johannesburg Men’s Regional League, Opopo Football Club Academy, are back in the league again to torment their rivals after failing to secure promotion to ABC Motsepe League.
This was confirmed by the academy founder-turned-team manager Ferdinard Ndi in an interview with Alex News during s kit handover by Bulgarian online gambling operator, 10bet South Africa for the Newtown-based side that formerly plied its trade in the Mayfair Local Football Association.
Ndi, a Cameroonian resident of South Africa who is a football fanatic, said his side was pipped for promotion to the ABC Motsepe League by Pimville Cameroon FC of Soweto, and thus ‘our cookie crumbled’.
Ndi said the team will work hard again the regional league to finally secure promotion to the ABC Motsepe League and ultimately the Premier Soccer League. “I have given the team about five years from now to ensure that we reach our dream of playing in the PSL,” he said.
He said he was aware that it’s a tough and daunting task to ultimately reach the PSL but with determination and resilience, he was certain the dream was achievable.
Global sportsbet and online games operator, 10bet South Africa, donated home and away kits, soccer boots, and soccer balls to the club.
“As the founder of the club, I feel greatly honoured and privileged to have been recognised by 10bet South Africa as a worthy recipient of their generous donation of the soccer kit and associated soccer equipment.
“I am certain this equipment will go a long way in our quest to get to the PSL and will play the role of motivating the boys and even push them to do even better in order to fulfil our dream,” Ndi said.
In addition to Opopo’s recent triumph in the regional league, the team’s proudest moments centre around its recent exports. It managed to secure a professional contract for Siyabonga Khumalo (20) with Swallows FC.
Khumalo joined Opopo at the tender age of 12 and played a total of seven years before he joined PSL side Swallows in the previous season where he has already played 10 impressive games in the past season.
The team’s hot-find duo of Thandanani Ndlovu (20) and Sibusiso Ndlovu (18) have since moved to Poland and are currently playing for Club MKS Cargovia Kargowa in the Polish 5th Division and are making waves.
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