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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) moved up to second place in the Vodacom Premier League after beating Machokha 3-1 at Ha Ratjomose yesterday afternoon. A goal from Motlatsi Kokoana and a brace from Rets\u030celisitsoe Mopeli ensured the victory for high-flying \u2018Sohle-Sohle\u2019.<\/p>\n

With the win, LDF moved to 34 points from 16 games, five points behind leaders Bantu. LDF will now head into the weekend\u2019s game against Liphakoe knowing a victory will put them in contention for the title.<\/p>\n

It was not a scintillating performance from the home side and two of their goals came from glaring mistakes by Machokha. Speaking with reporters afterwards, LDF coach, Motheo Mohapi, said LDF did not make their opponents work hard, and said they started as if they had won the game already.<\/p>\n

He continued that the players need to put the team first, individuality second. \u201cWe missed a lot of chances; we could have scored more. To some this game wasn\u2019t like the previous two games, they wanted to do what they wanted rather than what we wanted.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why they missed chances,\u201d Mohapi said. LDF lost their clean-sheet in the last minutes of the game when Emmanuel Taylor gave the visitors a consolation goal.<\/p>\n

Mohapi said failure to see the game out shows LDF lost their discipline. \u201cWe were saying we are done; we are now buying time because it\u2019s hot and the energy levels had dropped,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are 3-0 up, fatigue is setting in you say, let\u2019s keep the ball.<\/p>\n

To some it\u2019s like we have won, discipline gets lost and we conceded,\u201d Mohapi said. LDF will now go two points ahead of Linare on the table. Linare welcome Lijabatho to Maputsoe on Sunday.<\/p>\n

For the visitors, head coach Ts\u030cepang Mokhele praised his players and said they will learn from the mistakes they made. He said in the past two games Machokha have pressed and were winning balls high up but admitted that conceding early affected his players psychologically.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a good game but the way we conceded, we conceded in the sixth minute and the second minute after halftime, it shows our players did not switch on right on time.<\/p>\n

However, on the pitch they were not better than us, we were able to connect our balls but we could not convert,\u201d he said. \u201cWe played well, we made mistakes and if you make mistakes you will be punished. LDF\u2019s penalty also was a mistake,\u201d Mokhele lamented.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) moved up to second place in the Vodacom Premier League after beating Machokha 3-1 at Ha Ratjomose yesterday afternoon. A goal from Motlatsi Kokoana and a brace from Rets\u030celisitsoe Mopeli ensured the victory for high-flying \u2018Sohle-Sohle\u2019. 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