Barkerville Junior Secondary School, representing South Africa at the Danone Nations Cup World Finals happening in Madrid, Spain, might not be in the running to win the tournament, but are relishing the opportunity and learning some valuable football lessons.
Bulgaria 2 Algeria 0
Germany 4 Bulgaria 0
South Africa 0 Canada 3
Algeria 1 Canada 1
South Africa 0 Bulgaria 1
Canada 2 Bulgaria 0
Germany 2 Algeria 0
South Africa 1 Algeria 1
Germany 0 Canada 2
FINAL LOG:
Canada
Germany
Bulgaria
South Africa
Algeria
“The highlight of my trip to Spain so far is watching how other countries score goals,” said Barkerville Captain, and striker, Sakhuxolo Ntshikilana. “I our first goal this morning against Germany, but we missed a lot of opportunities in our next matches, particularly against Algeria and Bulgaria when we failed to convert. I have been watching the other teams score goals and I will definitely go back home to Mount Frere a better player.”
The Barkerville boys come from a poor rural community in the Mount Frere Region in the Eastern Cape where there is limited electricity and therefore they are not even able to watch football on television. “We follow football on the radio and watching the other 39 countries play has been fascinating to us,” said Ntshikilana. “What I also love here is the friendship that all the countries have shown us, particularly Argentina. They even came to our team manager and asked her to teach them how to sing Shosholoza and they sang and cheered us on during all our matches. I couldn’t believe it and it was such fun.”
The competition continues tomorrow, Saturday, 8 October with the positional play-offs. South Africa will play another three games and their final one will be at the famous home of Real Madrid in the presence of the legendary French international, Zinedine Zidane.
RESULTS:
South Africa 2 Germany 1Bulgaria 2 Algeria 0
Germany 4 Bulgaria 0
South Africa 0 Canada 3
Algeria 1 Canada 1
South Africa 0 Bulgaria 1
Canada 2 Bulgaria 0
Germany 2 Algeria 0
South Africa 1 Algeria 1
Germany 0 Canada 2
FINAL LOG:
Canada
Germany
Bulgaria
South Africa
Algeria
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| Danone Nations Cup World Finals SA vs Germany - Barkerville Captain Sakhuxolo Ntshikilana and Asivuyise Ndzamela |
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| Danone Nations Cup World Finals SA vs Germany - Barkerville Sandise Damane |
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| Danone Nations Cup World Finals SA vs Germany - Barkerville Siphosakhe Dyantyi |
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| Danone Nations Cup World Finals SA vs Canada - Barkerville Captain Sakhuxolo Ntshikilana |
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| Danone Nations Cup World Finals SA vs Canada - Barkerville Captain Sakhuxolo Ntshikilana and Qhamani Mandlevu |
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| Danone Nations Cup World Finals SA vs Canada - Barkerville Siphosakhe Dyantyi |
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