Soccer
Students scrape through to cup semifinal
05 November 2017 - 00:00
Amr Gamal's 11th-minute strike was enough to put Bidvest Wits into the Telkom Knockout semifinals in last night's quarterfinal win over Baroka FC.
This is not an overly convincing Wits side right now, but they are clawing a semblance of form with three wins from four matches.
The Students were most effective yesterday, for the most part, at not allowing coach Kgoloko Thobejane's dangerous Bakgaga to play.
Gavin Hunt's team were less effective stamping their authority. But that often is the way a good team rediscovers lost form - by clawing. Like an out-of-form cricket batsman, time at the crease is the most important thing - the runs, or in this case goals, can flow later...
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