CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
Amid ongoing lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19, UWC’s women’s football team are strong contenders in the Hollywoodbets Super League By Thulani Mkosi | Photography: Skhu Nkomphela
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good understanding between the players and the coaching staff’s strategy has propelled the women’s football team at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to be a serious contender for this season’s Hollywoodbets Super League title. Before the league was halted due to the third wave of COVID-19, UWC had lost only once after nine matches, having won six and drawn two. It was an impressive
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run compared to the shortened last season when they ended with just seven victories after 22 matches. “I think this season, the players know me and know exactly what I want from them,” comments head coach Thinasonke “Thina” Mbuli. “Not just me, but the entire technical team since we were all new last season. This year, the understanding is better.” Mbuli says the UWC side also had to make a few changes in the
positions they previously lacked. “After the previous season, we sat down as the technical team to look at the areas where we needed to improve and highlighted our finishing as an issue that overshadowed our good performances. So we recruited strikers Thambo Linye, Sduduze Dlamini and Abongile Dlani, as well as Amogelang Motau who is an attacking midfielder.”
