{"id":266594,"date":"2019-05-16T17:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266594"},"modified":"2019-05-16T17:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:40:39","slug":"ba-eyes-npl-trophy-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266594","title":{"rendered":"BA eyes NPL trophy glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aili Iilonga<\/p>\n<p>TO be crowned champions of the MTC Namibia Premier league, Black Africa will only need a draw when it faces Orlando Pirates today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266595\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Africa-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-266595\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Africa--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Africa--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Africa--765x510.jpg 765w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Africa-.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE DREAM: Black Africa are one game away from winning the NPL trophy. Photo contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The match will take place today at 19:00 at the Sam Nujoma stadium.<br \/>\nBlack Africa is currently on 58 points, while African Stars sitting at 50 points.<br \/>\nDespite their lead, Black Africa is looking to end its five-year drought without winning a league trophy by winning their match tonight.<br \/>\nSport experts have noted that mathematically speaking, African Stars will not be able to catch up with Black Africa even if it wins all its remaining games as Black Africa holds a superior goal difference of 40 goals, compared to African Stars, which currently has 17 goals.<br \/>\nHead coach for Black Africa, Paulus Shipanga, warned his players not to be complacent and underestimate Orlando Pirates.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will be exciting as we know that Pirates will come out guns blazing and attack us. We need to remain composed and know our game plan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266366\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EMEDAD2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aili Iilonga TO be crowned champions of the MTC Namibia Premier league, Black Africa will only need a draw when it faces Orlando Pirates today. The match will take place today at 19:00 at the Sam Nujoma stadium. Black Africa is currently on 58 points, while African Stars sitting at 50 points. Despite their lead, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":266595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BA eyes NPL trophy glory - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TO be crowned champions of the MTC Namibia Premier league, Black Africa will only need a draw when it faces Orlando Pirates today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266594\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BA eyes NPL trophy glory - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TO be crowned champions of the MTC Namibia Premier league, Black Africa will only need a draw when it faces Orlando Pirates today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266594\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-16T15:40:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Africa-.jpg?fit=750%2C499&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"499\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"BA eyes NPL trophy glory\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-16T15:40:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Black-Africa-.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594\",\"name\":\"BA eyes NPL trophy glory - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Black-Africa-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-16T15:40:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"TO be crowned champions of the MTC Namibia Premier league, Black Africa will only need a draw when it faces Orlando Pirates today.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=266594#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Black-Africa-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Black-Africa-.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":499,\"caption\":\"THE DREAM: Black Africa are one game away from winning the NPL trophy. 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