MM Platinum beat Magesi to take R1m Motsepe League first prize

Gauteng club MM Platinum beat Magesi FC 1-0 to lift the trophy and take the R1m first prize in the ABC Motsepe League final at Olen Park in Potchestroom on Sunday.

Sipho Mahlangu's second-half strike earned Platinum a hard-fought victory.

Limpopo team Magesi had qualified for the GladAfrica Championship, also known as the National First Division (NFD), by beating North West University 2-1 on Friday.

Gauteng champions Platinum, popularly known as La Masia, had secured promotion by beating Eastern Cape winners Spear of the Nation 1-0 in the first semifinal at Olen Park.

The first half of the final was a relatively uneventful affair with neither side able to breach the other's defence.

With a goal hard to come by for two evenly-matched teams, Platinum, who had shaded the pressure, finally earned the breakthrough when Mahlangu latched onto a bouncing punt upfield and got the touch over advancing goalkeeper Tebogo Semenya.

Jomo Cosmos and TS Sporting were relegated from the NFD.

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