Soweto Derby set as Sasol league returns
Soweto's representative in the Gauteng Sasol Women's League is set to clash again this weekend.
Soweto’s representative in the Gauteng Sasol Women’s League is set to clash again this weekend. Diepkloof Ladies will take on Soweto Fabulous at the Moletsane Sports Complex in Soweto.
The match, scheduled for Sunday, April 18, will only be the second time the two sides meet in a league fixture and both teams will be desperate for the three points. Previously, Soweto fabulous hammered DK Ladies 3 – 0 in the first round of the Sasol Women’s League fixture at the Nike Training Centre in Klipspruit. What would have been the return leg turned to dust when the season was abandoned due to the covid pandemic.
The South African Football Association (SAFA) confirmed that the 2021 Sasol Women’s League season would finally kick off last weekend.
With government restrictions relaxed in March, SAFA announced that teams would be allowed to return to the green, but only for training. Since then, teams have done their best to bolster fitness levels ahead of this week’s opening fixtures.
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Nozipho Mbatha, Sasol’s Head of Brand and Sponsorships said Sasol was excited to get back underway.
“We cannot hide our excitement to see the girls back on the field, where they belong. Our role as Sasol is to help grow and develop women’s football in South Africa, but unfortunately, Covid-19 denied us, and the players, that chance,” said Mbatha.
The 2020 Sasol Women’s League season came to an abrupt halt in March 2020 after just three match days. This season, the teams will be hoping to claim their stake as winning the league would send a team into the Sasol League National Championships, where the provincial winners will clash. The winner of the championships will gain promotion to the coveted Safa National Women’s League.
Elsewhere, Wits University will host North West Vaal University in Johannesburg on Saturday while Croesus Ladies will travel to Kagiso to take on Lusaka Ladies on the same day.
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