{"id":300097,"date":"2024-02-26T10:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T08:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/free-state-outfit-d-general-reaches-last-16-group-stage-in-chasing-nedbank-cup-dream-20240226\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:43:53","slug":"free-state-outfit-d-general-reaches-last-16-group-stage-in-chasing-nedbank-cup-dream-20240226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/free-state-outfit-d-general-reaches-last-16-group-stage-in-chasing-nedbank-cup-dream-20240226\/","title":{"rendered":"Free State outfit D\u2019 General reaches last-16 group stage in chasing Nedbank Cup dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fairytale continues for Botshabelo-based football outfit D\u2019 General FC and coach Morena \u201cFesty\u201d Lothane in this year\u2019s Nedbank Cup. The increasingly illustrious side managed to secure a last-16 berth in the lucrative tournament by convincingly hammering lacklustre Limpopo-based team Madridtas FC 2 \u2013 0 in a thriller last-32 group encounter played in the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Sikhosana and Tladi Makhetha scored the all-important goals in each stanza of the fixture, attended by a crowd of approximately 17 000 in the 46 000-seater stadium in the Free State capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These goals proved vital to D\u2019 General continuing its ambitious quest for cup glory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club\u2019s shot stopper Paseka Hlalele proved equal to the task of aiding his team\u2019s victory, making some breathtaking saves that ensured D\u2019 General\u2019s first-ever progress to the last-16 group of the Nedbank Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this achievement, the club becomes the fourth from the Free State to reach the last-16 group stage. The other three clubs to achieve this feat are the now defunct Roses United FC and Maluti FET College, with the latest being Mathaithai FC, in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019 General is one of only two minnows from the ABC Motsepe League that is through to the last-16 group, with the other being the Eastern Cape\u2019s FC Ravens. Ravens beat Spain FC 3 \u2013 1 to progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lothane and his warriors\u2019 immediate target is to become the first Free State second-tier club to reach the quarter-final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019 General\u2019s progression to the last-16 group sees Lothane guiding a second team from Botshabelo to this stage in the Nedbank Cup. The first time he achieved this feat was as the coach of Mathaithai in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gutsy D\u2019 General\u2019s success has duly rewarded the loyalty of the multitudes of supporters in the Free State who are starved for football. 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