Fringe players and youngsters from both Bloemfontein Celtic and Kaizer Chiefs locked horns in the annual Macufe Cup tournament this past weekend.
A single goal from Vuyani Ntanga was enough to seal a 1-0 victory for Siwelele, although Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter said he was happy with the performance of his youngsters.
Read: Baxter Impressed By Back-ups
The game offered game time to some of Chiefs' young, or back-up players, giving them the opportunity to pull on the Amakhosi jersey and show what they are capable of.
Baxter seemed to be happy with the game, despite the fact that his side lost 1-0. He told the club's official website, "The chances to goal ratio must go up. We have talked about it today in training. We can't create seven chances and score one goal. Statistically the average must be four chances to one goal, that's usual and that's normal.
"A win could have been a dot over the 'I' but even though we didn't get the win, we got a lot of positives. It is important when we talk about the development and the changes we are making, to test that.
View: A gallery of the Macufe Cup game
"This was a litmus test to say, are there any players coming through? Now we see that a couple of players we picked are coming through. Six months ago if I had put Matombo in, it would have been too much for him. We spoke about Lorenzo (Gordhino) and Simphiwe (Mtsweni) before, now if you bring Lorenzo on; he does the same job as Tower (Erick Mathoho) or Ivan (Bukenya)."
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By Joe Crann
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