PSL status beckons for Black Leopards
The technical difficulty in reporting for a weekly newspaper is that from time to time major events break shortly after deadline.
For instance, the fate of Thohoyandou-based Black Leopards FC was to be determined in a crucial promotional play-offs fixture against Jomo Cosmos FC for a match-up scheduled for 3pm, well after The BEAT deadline to send copy to the printers in Johannesburg.
Therefore, all we can report is that by the time you read this, chances are that Black Leopards would have confirmed the team’s elevation to the multi-million Premier Soccer League (PSL), or not. That brings us to the permutations.
If by the time you read this, Black Leopards won against Jomo Cosmos, then PSL here we (Limpopo) come!
But then to paraphrase the late celebrated soccer commentator, Cebo Manyapelo, there is no such a thing as “therefore” in soccer.
In the event that Black Leopards drew against Jomo Cosmos, it then goes to the wire between the latter two teams.
In the event that Jomo Cosmos won against Black Leopards, the former should need a single point from the fixture against Platinum Stars on Saturday 2 June to advance.
– The Beat
