The team has enjoyed a good run of late in all competitions and finds itself fourth in the Premier Soccer League standings.

On their round to the last four Celtic beat last season's losing finalists, SuperSport United, on penalties after coming back from 2-0 down with 20 minutes of regulation time left on the clock.

In their quarter-finals, Phunya Sele Sele once again came back from behind to beat Roger de Sa's Platinum Stars 2-1 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.

Rise and Shine, in their turn, sent Ajax Cape Town packing and then stunned the much more fancied Orlando Pirates in Soweto.

Celtic are optimistic about their chances of winning the competition, but manager John Maduka, warned that Polokwane cannot be taken lightly. He added that though they believe that they can repeat their 2012 Cup success, they cannot say this before winning the semi-final. 

"If we can beat teams like SuperSport and Platinum Stars, it means that we can beat any of the other teams. It's all up to us and we mustn't be complacent. We must just keep on working hard. Things have been going well for us, but we must just keep up the hard work."

Late last week the coach, Veselin Jelušic, was named as the PSL's Coach of the Month, thanks to the team's success.

Meanwhile, Celtic's next PSL fixture, which is against Platinum Stars, has been postponed by a day. The game at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium was originally scheduled to be played on Tuesday (21 November), but will now be played on Wednesday, with kick-off at 19:30.

Sunday's semi-final at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium kicks off at 15:30. On Saturday Wits will host Kaizer Chiefs in the first semi.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport