Sundowns lights up RESA in 10-goal GWDL victory
After another weekend of dominance, Mamelodi Sundowns extended their advantage at the top of the u17 Gauteng Women’s Development League (GWDL) standings, thanks to a 10-0 thrashing of Remember Elite Sport Academy (RESA), on Sunday, at President Park, in Vereeniging.
It was a humbling experience for RESA, who tumbled to a third successive defeat, having previously gone down 0-3 to Panorama FC last weekend, and 0-2 to SAFA Academy the week before that.
RESA, who recently elevated key players, including Lesedi Motaung, Thuto Rathebe, Nthabeleng Molefi, Buhle Mthembu, and Mpumelelo Chabalala from the u17 GWDL team to their Sasol team, showed the impact of their absence. The new, young players who have taken over from them need to build up experience against the well-coordinated teams in the GWDL.
A team on the up is Refilwe FC, who defeated high-flying SAFA Academy last Sunday. Refilwe continued to build momentum by adding an impressive 5-1 victory over JVW FC to their record.
SAFA Academy, whose title aspirations suffered a big blow when they lost to Refilwe, got back on track with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Panorama FC.
Sundowns are well on course for the title. For SAFA Academy to come back into contention, they’ll need Sundowns to drop points, and they’ll also need to fire in plenty of goals while not conceding because the Brazilians have an outstanding goals-for and goals-against differential.
In other matches played on Sunday, Edenvale FC secured a tight 3-2 win over Hellenic Falcons, while the University of Pretoria (Tuks) returned to winning form with a 2-1 victory against Kempton Park.
GWDL Results
Sunday
Refilwe FC 5-1 JVW
Edenvale 3-2 Hellenic Falcons
Tuks 2-1 Kempton Park
Mamelodi Sundowns 10-0 RESA
SAFA Academy 3-2 Panorama FC
