WINDHOEK – Reigning BidVest Cup champions African Stars made a serious statement about their intention to retain Namibia’s much sought-after silverware with another splendid display that demonstrated their supremacy in the knockout competition, which they have already won a joint record fourth time alongside Chief Santos.
On Saturday, the Katutura glamour football club netted 11 unanswered goals to demolish a hapless Omaheke Nampol in a one-sided match at the SKW field in Windhoek, to book a place in the quarterfinals.
The tournament produced few shocking results with lower tier campaigners Young Chiefs chalking off any further interest Premiership outfit Touch & Go might have entertained in prolonging their lodging in the tourney. The struggling MTC Premiership side was bundled out of the competition via a narrow 2-1 defeat.
Swakopmund Football Club SFC fairy-tale run in the BidVest cup ended prematurely when the coastal outfit was humbled 3-1 by high-flying Citizens at the Kuisebmond Stadium in Walvis Bay.
Black Africa scrapped to an unconvincing 1-0 win by its own standards over Rebels and FNB Orlando Pirates proved quite a hot potato to handle for Java Java – hammering the lower division entrants by 5 goals without reply.
In all honesty, Tigers were dangerously lucky not to exit the competition after coming from the brink of early elimination against fellow premiership opponents, Julinho.
The much-improved Rundu-based outfit led their more illustrious opponents by a solitary goal until Tigers forced the time into a penalty shootout with a goal in the dying minutes of the game. Ingweinyama emerged 4-3 victorious in the dreaded penalty shootout.
Eleven Arrows maximised a rare home ground advantage when the seasiders came out tops in their encounter against Kangweru Black Tops with a comfortable 3-1 triumph.
For the umpteenth time in as many years, LHU Blue Waters failed to negotiate their way past the half way stage of the NFA Cup when they were sent packing (1-0) by a 10-man Unam side. The Clever Boys played with a man down for the better part of the second half.