MagRush writer |  August 30, 2019

Polokwane City are in a collision course against Highlands Park on Saturday afternoon [kick-off at 3:00 p.m.] at Peter Mokaba stadium. They will be out in the pitch to book their place in the MTN Top 8 (MTN8) Cup final.

Before that, Polokwane City and Highlands Park must screen each other out via the double-legged semifinal starting today. It is a game not to be missed.

Look, even the bookies couldn’t have anticipated and prepared the football fanatics for the duel of the two fantastic attacking sides who seemingly have hit form from the starting blocks of the season.

Owen Da Gama, head coach of Highlands Park, leads his troops up north to stage their quest for a silverware of the 2019/2020 raterace, Polokwane City, under the tutelage of Zlatko Krmpotic [head coach], are licking their lips laying in wait.

The league games have been very kind as concerns collecting points on offer for either side. Polokwane must be wary of the red-hot goal poacher, Peter Shalulile. Nonetheless, they have Jabulani Maluleke (the midfield maestro) to give them the edge through sleek passes and open up opportunities to score.

Now MTN8 cup contest is upon them; will they live up to the billing? League form or not – it is immaterial – anything can happen. Each team must come out of their shells from the start to slug it out and determine which team deserves to be crown the 2019 MTN Top 8 Champions the most. 

Today it is not a “must-win” game though. There is a catch-up fixture for correction if needs be on the 17th of September 2019 based on MTN8 two-legs semifinal formalities. The cup is designed around the concentration of games, giving each club more time and opportunity to get to the ultimate goal. The final.