Ajax vs Kaizer Chiefs

The Table topping Amakhosi make their way to Cape Town on Wednesday, Where they'll face an out-of-form Ajax Cape Town side.

Kaizer Chiefs have lost only one league match all season, and are six points clear of second place Platinum Stars, their opponents on the other hand have lost 13 and won only 5 of their 27 league matches this campaign, the poor league performance see's the Cape side languishing near the foot of the table and only point clear of the relegation zone.

Historically Chiefs haven't found Cape Town to be a happy hunting ground, the Sowetan giants last picked up 3 points against Ajax in the Mother City when they comprehensively beat them 3-0 in 2009.

Ajax need to beat the 'glamour boys' on Wednesday, with only 3 games left of the season and being only one point above the relegation zone, they'll have to win all of their remaining matches to ensure they maintain their PSL status next season.    

competition

Want to win tickets to Wednesday's match? I've got 5 sets of double tickets to  giveaway! All you have to do is follow me on twitter @jasonpascoe and tell me what the score was in the corresponding fixture earlier in the season and use the hashtag "#AjaxCT" to stand a chance of winning.

competition closes Wednesday 1st May at 11 am

*all entrants must be from Cape Town and must be able to collect the tickets themselves

Also tickets can be bought at any Checkers and Computicket outlets, aswell at Cape Town Stadiums ticket office and Ajax's fan store at their Ikamva headquaters

The Bucs are coming to town!

The mighty Buccaneers sail into Cape Town on Wednesday, for what promises to be a scintillating encounter against a struggling Ajax Cape Town side.

Pirates and Ajax are at opposites ends of the PSL table, one fighting for the league title and the other desperately trying to avoid the relegation zone, which makes Wednesdays match a must win for both teams.

Ajax will be looking to continue the form they showed when playing against Free State Stars on Sunday which saw the Cape side clinch their first win since November last year and more importantly helped them leave the danger of the relegation zone! Amabhakabhaka will look to end their run of three consecutive draws which saw them fall further behind their Sowetan neighbors in the race for the PSL title.

With both teams having it all to play for, this mid-week encounter promises to keep fans on the edge of their seats for the full 90 minutes. 

competition

Want to win tickets to Wednesday's match? I've got 5 sets of double tickets to  giveaway! All you have to do is follow me on twitter @jasonpascoe and tell me your favourite Ajax Cape Town player and use the hashtag 'AjaxCT' "#AjaxCT" to stand a chance of winning.

competition closes Wednesday 10 April at 11 am

*all entrants must be from Cape Town and must be able to collect the tickets themselves

 

 

Also tickets can be bought at any Checkers and Computicket outlets, aswell at Cape Town Stadiums ticket office and Ajax's fan store at their Ikamva headquaters

       

Urban Warriors march to victory!

Ajax Cape town's u19 team were once again crowned Metropolitan Premier Cup champions after a nail-biting final, which saw the Urban Warriors beat a tactically sound Berea Albion outfit. 

The fist half saw the Cape side really show their class, by controlling possession, elegantly moving the ball around the field and persistently putting Berea's goal under threat, Ajax's persistence finally paid off when a ball through to frontman Tashreeq Harris saw him wriggle free from his marker and calmly slot home from inside the box. Albion made a substitute soon after the goal and brought on central midfielder Daniel Viera, the substitution proved to be a stroke of genius when having played barely 5 minutes Viera scored Berea's equalizer  the Ajax defense was nowhere to be found. The first half ended 1-1

The second half started off with a moment of confusion, lack of communication between Ajax captain Abubaker Mobara and goalkeeper Brandon Peterson lead to Berea Albions second goal, Peterson rushing out of his box to deal with a through ball which had gone through his defense did not see on coming central defender Mobara, with both players going for the ball and communication being absent, the two collided, leaving the goals wide open for Sege Gado to score an easy tap in. Their second goal gave them a confidence boost and suddenly Berea were having spells of sustained possession and started taking the game to the Urban Warriors, Ajax however showed resilience and with 14 minutes left on the clock substitute Olwethu Maloyi got them the equalizer.the half ended 2-2 which meant the match would go to extra time.

Extra time saw both teams really give everything they had in search for a match winning goal, but clear signs of fatigue were being shown by the youngsters who were playing their seventh game in just six days. Extra time ended with no goal being scored, So the winner of the Metropolitan Premier Cup would be decided by the dreaded penalty shootout.

Ajax were clinical in the shootout missing none of their five penalties, Berea only needed to convert their fifth penalty to take the shootout to sudden death, but Ajax Goalkeeper Brandon Peterson had other ideas and pulled off an outstanding match winning save, which saw Ajax crowned MPC champions for the fifth time in their history.

The Urban Warriors fully deserved the title, having toppled giants African Soccer Developments(ASD),Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns en-route to the final.

Road to the final

round robin

Ajax 7-0 Belhar Spurs

Ajax 2-1 Harmony Academy

Ajax 1-0 Atlantis Leeds

Last 16

Ajax 1-0 ASD CT

Quarterfinals

Ajax 1-0 Kaizer Chiefs

Semi-finals

Ajax 0(3) -0(1) Sundowns (match went to penalties)

Finals

Ajax 2(5)-2(4) Berea Albion (match went to penalties)