Botswana grab silver in Best Brew League

Botswana's team with KBL brand manager, Mpho Motlhabane before the Best Brew League kick off at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace PIC: MQONDISI DUBE
Botswana's team with KBL brand manager, Mpho Motlhabane before the Best Brew League kick off at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace PIC: MQONDISI DUBE

RUSTENBURG: Botswana brushed off a poor start on the opening day of the inaugural Castle Best Brew Five-A-Side to storm into the final on Sunday where they fell 3-2 to Zambia Invitational on penalties.

Botswana, comprising six players drawn from Mbeki FC based in Broadhurst, was indebted to the inclusion of Best Brew legend, Diphetogo ‘Dipsy’ Selolwane who drove the young charges to the final. All the four participating countries were allowed to include legends on the second day of competition, Sunday, and that proved to be the critical turning point for Team Botswana.

Selolwane provided the needed experience and composure, which rubbed off on the rest of the team. In the quarterfinals, Botswana dismissed Lesotho 2-1 before accounting for a much tougher Swaziland 3-1 in the semi-final. Zambia fell to South Africa, before the Zambian Invitational beat South Africa Invitational in the fourth quarter final match.

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