120 Seconds with Ziyaad 'Ziggy' Eksteen

QUESTION: How often do you train and do you enjoy it?
Ziggy: We train 4 times a week and I really enjoy it very much.

QUESTION: When did you decide to play soccer as opposed to other main stream sports?
Ziggy: At the age of 5.

QUESTION: Who inspires you?
Ziggy: My parents

QUESTION: Who are your sporting heroes?
Ziggy: Pass

QUESTION: Which players poster is hanging on you wall?
Ziggy: None

QUESTION: Which English Premier League side do you support?
Ziggy: Chelsea FC

QUESTION: What is the favourite tournament you took part in and why?
Ziggy: AEGON Future Cup in Amsterdam because there was lots of teams.

QUESTION: preferred foot?
Ziggy: Right

QUESTION: Take us through a day in this last tournament Metropolitan Premier Cup.
You wake up...?
Ziggy: Shower, (we) ate have (a) team talk and video and beach sessions and ice baths.

QUESTION: Do you have any secrets to making it in the Ajax u/19 team?
Ziggy: No just hard work.

QUESTION: How do you relax before a match? Music, meditation anything like that?
Ziggy: House music

QUESTION: Do you have any pre match rituals?
Ziggy: No

QUESTION: Is it hard work or talent?
Ziggy: Hard work

QUESTION: Have you played on/in the new Cape Town Stadium? What was it like?
Ziggy: Yes (It was) a great atmosphere.

QUESTION: Do you remember who you played against on debut for Ajax?
Ziggy: No

QUESTION: What's next for Ziyaad Eksteen?
Ziggy: Great Things and The Safa U19 Championships from 27 April - 1 May 2014

Shakes Mashaba, Alex Abercrombie and Danny Jordaan

About the Safa U19 Champs the draw was conducted in Johannesburg on Tuesday, in which nine provincial sides and three invited Premier Soccer League (PSL) sides Ajax, Bloemfontein Celtics & Supersport United will battle it out for honours in Bloemfontein. from Supersport the website

The three PSL clubs have been placed in different Groups.

Group A
Supersport United,
Limpopo,
Eastern Cape
and Western Cape

Group B
Bloemfontein Celtics,
Gauteng,
Mpumalanga
and KwaZulu Natal.

Group C
Ajax Cape Town,
Northern Cape,
North West
and Free State.

Jade Christopher Bentley Adams signing off (@jcba)

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