BMC Taste Coke Glory

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Underdogs BMC were crowned the Coca-Cola Cup champions after they beat their 'younger brothers' ECCO City Greens 6-5 on penalty shoot-outs on Saturday. Both sides were locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes.

The victory gave BMC a whopping P120, 000 and a ticket to the CAF Confederations Cup. Once again it was goalkeeper, Cosmos Lombala who ensured that Ezinkomo were crowned the champions with two heroic saves. The BMC custodian saved from Nkosilathi Dube and substitute Faith Keletso.

The celebrations that followed from BMC supporters were out of the ordinary as they invaded the pitch. It was a case of second time lucky after BMC lost the 1996 final 2-0 by Township Rollers. Though the Lobatse side lifted the cup, it failed to exhibit the classy football it displayed when it overcame Notwane in the semi-finals. Credit has to go to ECCO City who did not give their elder brothers a space. BMC's problems were made worse when veteran midfielder, Modise Motswadi had to be substituted in the first half due to a hamstring injury. This meant that youngster, Bobo Motlhalane was forced to fight with experienced Malepa 'Chippa' Bolelang and Abednico Powell in the middle of the pack.

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