Highbury FC remain unbeaten in the Motsepe Foundation Championship this season, following their 1-1 draw against The Bees FC at the Gelvandale Stadium at the weekend.
The Gqeberha-based side came back from a goal behind after The Bees' Sicelo Masilela scored a cracker in the first half to put his side in the lead on Friday.
Highbury's Naeem Amoojee levelled the score in the second half.
The Yellow Nation are yet to lose a game this season. They are third on the log with nine points from five matches.
Coach Kabelo Sibiya welcomed the draw.
“Honestly, we did not start the game the way we wanted. The guys tried in the first half, but the early goal of the opponent also made it difficult for us,” Sibiya said.
“We started wanting to play with speed, we wanted to rush our moments, we did not get our structure in offence correct because we started to rush.
“This season it was the first time we conceded first, so it was a shock to our system, but we had to talk to the guys at halftime to say, we just conceded, we did not lose a football match.
“So, we needed to come back better in the second half. We changed the structure also at halftime, we went with three at the back. We put more numbers forward, which helped us to play more in the opponent's half.
“We played with more aggression and speed in the second half; I believe we could have won the match. We had so many chances to win the match, but we will take the draw as long as we are not losing.”
Sibiya said their plan was to get a minimum of 10 points in five matches, but unfortunately things did not go their way on Friday.
“This game was the one that we needed to win more than the other games. Our win here could have taken us to 11 points.
“Now, we are one point short of our target, but we will have to grind in the next five matches and try to get another point that will make up for this point lost, to stay in our target of promoting this club.
“We are grateful that we are not losing matches, but we also need to try our best to win matches, especially at home. We need to win football matches at home.”
Highbury next play Black Leopards away on Friday.
The Herald
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