Ajax Cape Town development product Tashreeq Matthews has penned a long-term deal with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, writes MARSHALL GOUTS.
Percy Tau
The former Mamelodi Sundowns and current Brighton loanee star played the entire 90 minutes, but was unable to extend his red-hot scoring form as Royal Union Saint-Gilloise played to a 1-1 draw with Lommel SK.
Notre 11 est prêt pour ce #USGLOM ! 👊
Encouragez-les ! pic.twitter.com/6Pu6fdmMN1— Union Saint-Gilloise (@UnionStGilloise) November 4, 2018
Tau’s side are still on course for promotion and occupy second spot in the Proximus League standings.
Kamohelo Mokotjo
The Bafana Bafana international played no part in Brentford’s 2-0 victory against Millwall due to injury. The defensive midfielder is also likely to miss South Africa’s Afcon qualifier against Nigeria.
Thomas makes three changes for this afternoon’s visit from @MillwallFC #BREMIL pic.twitter.com/68BcRDJT3v
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) November 3, 2018
Lebo Mothiba
Mothiba continued his fine run of form in France, netting the opener in Strasbourg’s 1-1 draw against Toulouse. The Bafana international has now netted seven times in his 12 appearances in all competitions since joining the French team.
Strasbourg occupy seventh spot on the Ligue 1 table – 19 points behind table-toppers Paris Saint-Germain.
Lebogang Phiri
Phiri was an unused substitute as his Ligue 1 outfit suffered a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Nantes. The result leaves Phiri’s side rooted to the bottom of the table with one win, four draws and seven losses in the league.
#FCNEAG (5-0) 90′ Match à oublier pour l’En Avant qui s’incline lourdement à Nantes.
— En Avant de Guingamp (@EAGuingamp) November 4, 2018
Thulani Serero
The former Ajax Cape Town and Ajax Amsterdam star maintained his starting berth as his Vitesse outfit succumbed to a 1-0 defeat to table-toppers PSV Eindhoven.
⚽ Jong Vitesse neemt het op tegen Spakenburg in de Tweede Divisie.
⏰📍 Aftrap om 18:00 op Papendal.
Deze 1⃣1⃣ namen gaan starten. Succes boys!#TweedeDivisie #jvispa pic.twitter.com/eNYGw8o5pi
— Vitesse (@MijnVitesse) November 3, 2018
Vitesse occupy eighth spot on the table – 18 points behind PSV.
Siphiwe Tshabalala
With the scores deadlocked at 1-1, the Kaizer Chiefs legend was brought on in the 73rd minute for Erzurumspor but failed to make the desired impact as the scorelines remained the same.
Erzurumspor languish in bottom spot on the table.
Tashreeq Matthews
The 18-year-old Ajax Cape Town development product is said to have penned a long-term deal with Borussia Dortmund. Matthews could make his debut for the club in the Uefa Youth League against Atletico Madrid next week.
Hanover Park’s Tashreeq Matthews (18) has signed a long-term professional contract with Dortmund. #BVB 🇩🇪 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/1WESh6SfuF
— DiskiStyle (@DiskiStyle) November 4, 2018
Cape Town City coach Benni McCarthy, who had Matthews training with him, took to Instagram to congratulate the teenager.
‘Well done Tassie. Very happy for you and your family, make them proud my man! There’s real hope for people from Hanover Park now, the 2nd person from Hanover Park to go worldwide,’ Benni’s post read.
Photo: Twitter
