CAPE TOWN CITY SHINES
Avoiding relegation is Tinkler’s first goal
Eric Tinkler’s number one goal for Cape Town City is still to reach the 30-point mark
Eric Tinkler was pleased with his Cape Town City side’s fast start to 2017 and, in particular, the performance of his two debutants in the 3-0 hammering of Highlands Park on Tuesday. Telkom Knockout winners City were full value for their victory and might have had more goals‚ with only minimal alarms caused at the other end as they remained joint top of the league with Wits on 28 points. Wits have two games in hand. Tinkler started with new signing Letsie Koapeng as the fulcrum of the attack‚ while Mozambique international left back Edmilson Dove also made his entrance. Koapeng grabbed the second goal for City and linked up well with the other creative forwards‚ Lebogang Manyama‚ Aubrey Ngoma and Sibusiso Masina. "I thought the debutants did very well‚" he said. "Edmilson was very good‚ though you could see that he was very tired at the end of the game. "The Mozambique league finished some time ago [end of October], so it will take some time to bring him up to speed. He also needs t...
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