Newly crowned Telkom TKO champions Baroka FC remain stranded in the Premiership relegation zone, but coach Wedson Nyirenda is adamant they will escape the quicksand in the next few months. Baroka managed to collect a point in their goalless draw with Mamelodi Sundowns on Tuesday to move from second bottom to 11th spot on the log. Nyirenda and his team have their work cut out as only two points separate Baroka and bottom of the log Black Leopards, with two rounds of matches left before the halfway mark. “We are not going to be relegated‚” the coach said. “If you look at our game against Sundowns‚ you will realise that our players have matured. “With a team boasting an average age of 24‚ we won the final and two days later managed to put up a fight against a formidable team like Sundowns. This tells me that we are getting somewhere. It was not an easy game because Sundowns played a good game. “They were organised and dictated most of the match. But we tried to catch them on the counte...
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