3 in front and in complete control, and it finished with SuperSport United the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Black Aces will enjoy reviewing.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Ramahlwe Tau takes the afternoon — 8.49
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ramahlwe Tau provided it, and the 8.49 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thulani Mahlangu provided it, and the 8.43 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 18 actions, 6.79, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Thulani Mahlangu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Ramahlwe Tau has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Gornik Leczna have paid $1.3M for Gift Williams, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gornik Leczna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Gornik Leczna spend $1.3M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $1.3M for Gift Williams, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Michał Litwa has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The goal that put Pogon ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Gornik Leczna equalised, 4 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
At 5 goals adrift this was a formality, and the formality lasted right up until it did not. Black Aces found something the first half had given no notice of, and Bidvest Wits could not hold what they had.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Black Aces, and it is not being withdrawn.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thulani Mahlangu and Black Aces agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.90 beside his name.
Sifiso Mphela was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.