Last four games like final – ‘Fela’

MBABANE –Free-scoring Mbabane Swallows attacking midfielder Felix ‘Fela’ Badenhorst was happy to score his first hat-trick of the season.

The former Manzini Wanderers player made these observations in a post-match interview after inspiring his side with three well taken goals in a 6-0 demolition of Tambankulu Callies in an MTN Premier League game played at Prince of Wales Sports Ground on Saturday.

The seasoned player said he was one up in the seventh minute through Lulama. The game was possessed more by Swallows, especially after they scored. happy with the team’s performance. “I believe we played well as a team and Callies gave us a very good game. We are taking the last four games as a final. All the players are aware of how important the last league games are to the supporters and the management. We will do our best to win the remaining games and see where we end up in the log standings,” he said.

‘Fela’ is now on 20 league goals and six shy of last season’s 26 goals scored by Young Buffaloes’ Sandile ‘Saviola’ Gamedze. He mentioned that the next MTN Premier League

Green Mamba made sure to regroup after they went down by 1-0; they combined well to get one back into the game in the 20th minute through their captain, Colani Dlamini.

Swallows controlled most of the first

game against Mbabane Highlanders was their next focus. This will be the big derby. “The next game against Highlanders will be crucial for us and we will work hard in training this week to prepare for it. We have very good players in the team and I believe we will do our best to make our supporters happy. I just want to urge our supporters to come in their biggest numbers for the game,” he added.

The Caleb Ngwenya-led charges will be looking for a positive result when they play host to traditional rivals Highlanders in this weekend’s biggest fixture in the Eswatini calendar. Swallows lost the first round fixture 1-2 and will be all out to avoid a second defeat from their rivals.