{"id":72791,"date":"2025-08-08T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/connor-pleased-with-galaxy-pre-season-display"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:57:53","slug":"connor-pleased-with-galaxy-pre-season-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/connor-pleased-with-galaxy-pre-season-display","title":{"rendered":"Connor Pleased with Galaxy Pre-Season Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Sean Connor says the team applied key tactics in their pre-season tournament victory well.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Sean Connor has expressed satisfaction with his team\u2019s showing at the Jwaneng Mine GM\u2019s Soccer Fiesta at the Galaxy Stadium in Jwaneng over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy claimed the tournament title after defeating Lesotho\u2019s Bantu FC 1\u20130 in the final to secure a cash prize of P40,000.<\/p>\n<p>Hard-fought victories<\/p>\n<p>To reach the final, Galaxy edged VIVA Dynamos Soccer Academy 1\u20130 in their opening match played on Saturday. Bantu FC advanced after a 3\u20131 win over Dinare FC of Ramotswa.<\/p>\n<p>The closely contested final saw Galaxy manage another narrow 1\u20130 win to be crowned champions of the pre-season tournament, which is part of the mine\u2019s community and sporting engagement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Tactical preparation<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match, Connor said the tournament gave the team a good opportunity to test tactical elements ahead of the new season. \u201cI am delighted with the performance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is pre-season training. We are in preparation mode. Today we introduced some of our main tactical elements that we are going to work on this season. We applied them well, and I\u2019m happy with the application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Busy season ahead<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy are expected to face a demanding schedule in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be in FNB Premiership that will kick off on 15 August and represent Botswana in the CAF Confederation Cup, having earned qualification by winning the Orange FA Cup last season.<\/p>\n<p>Jwaneng Galaxy have been in pre-season preparations with a focus on fitness, squad depth, and implementing tactical structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Botswana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Sean Connor says the team applied key tactics in their pre-season tournament victory well. Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Sean Connor has expressed satisfaction with his team\u2019s showing at the Jwaneng Mine GM\u2019s Soccer Fiesta at the Galaxy Stadium in Jwaneng over the weekend. Galaxy claimed the tournament title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-72791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Connor Pleased with Galaxy Pre-Season Display - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Sean Connor says the team applied key tactics in their pre-season tournament victory well.&lt; ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/connor-pleased-with-galaxy-pre-season-display\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Connor Pleased with Galaxy Pre-Season Display\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jwaneng Galaxy head coach Sean Connor says the team applied key tactics in their pre-season tournament victory well.&lt; 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