Kaizer Chiefs stealing the IberCup spotlight

The Kaizer Chiefs Development u14 team is making headlines at the IberCup South Africa, which is on the go in Johannesburg.

The Johannesburg event features a total of 196 teams competing in various age groups. Included in that number are 24 girls’ teams, among them the highly successful Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.

Competing in Group A, the Kaizer Chiefs team has impressed against elite clubs Paris Saint Germain (PSG), PSV Eindhoven, SL Benfica, and their Gauteng Development League adversaries, TS Galaxy.

The Phefeni Glamour Boys have, so far, scored three victories against a single defeat.

On Thursday, Chiefs beat TS Galaxy 3-0 and followed that with a 4-1 win over PSV Eindhoven. The following day, they handed PSG a 1-0 loss. On Saturday morning, they were finally stopped by Benfica, who recorded a 2-0 victory.

Group B of the u14 age group is made up of South African sides, including Total Football Excellence A, Randburg AFC, Central Schools FA, Socca Dream, and RCDE Espanyol Johannesburg.

Total Football Excellence A currently tops the group. They scored back-to-back wins on Friday, decisively defeating Socca Dream 4-0 and RCDE Espanyol Johannesburg 2-0. They were held to a 1-1 draw by Randburg AFC in their opening match on Thursday.

Group C is also made up solely of South African teams. Racing ahead of the chasing pack is Team Gauteng.

They began their campaign with a 2-0 win over Stars of Africa on Thursday. Then, facing two outings on Friday, they raised their game to comfortably deal with Free State StarZ 4-0 and Riverside FC 4-1.

On Saturday morning, Team Gauteng made it four wins on the trot, overwhelming Total Football Excellence B 7-0 at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) AW Muller Stadium.

2010 AGE GROUP RESULTS

Group A

Thursday, 12 December 

Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 TS Galaxy FC
SL Benfica 1-0 PSG
Kaizer Chiefs 4-1 PSV Eindhoven

Friday 13, December

PSG 1-0 PSV Eindhoven
TS Galaxy 3-0 SL Benfica
PSV Eindhoven 0-0 SL Benfica
Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 PSG

Saturday, 14 December 

PSG 2-1 TS Galaxy
SL Benfica 2-0 Kaizer Chiefs

Group B

Thursday, 12 December

Socca Dream 0-0 Central Schools FA
Randburg AFC 1-1 Total Football Excellence
Central Schools FA 4-1 RCDE Academy Johannesburg

Friday, 13 December

Total Football Excellence A 4-0 Socca Dream
Randburg AFC 3-1 RCDE Academy Johannesburg
Total Football Excellence A 2-0 RCDE Academy Johannesburg
Socca Dream 2-2 Randburg AFC

Group C

Thursday, 12 December

Stars of Africa 11-0 Total Football Excellence B
Riverside FC 2-0 Free State StarZ
Team Gauteng 2-0 Stars of Africa FA

Friday, 13 December

Free State StarZ 0-0 Total Football Excellence B
Team Gauteng 4-1 Riverside
Team Gauteng 4-0 Free State StarZ
Riverside FC 3-1 Total Football Excellence B

Saturday, 14 December 

Stars of Africa 4-1 Free State StarZ
Team Gauteng 7-0 Total Football Excellence B

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