Once again the biggest football derby in South Africa has come and gone and it left tears in the eyes of most die hard Orlando Pirates supporters, after they were crushed 3-1 by Kaizer Chiefs.
The game started at a fast pace with players from both teams clearly nervous but it was Chiefs who settled the quickest of the two teams. In the 6th minute a counter attack started by a kick from Khune the Chiefs keeper found an unmarked Knowledge Musona who managed to dribble past the Pirates skipper Lekgwathi with ease and cross a beautiful ball into the box which Klate put into his own box to give Chiefs the early lead.
Musona then traumatised Lekgwathi again in the 42nd minute by winning a penalty after he was tripped by him in the 18 yards box. The Zimbabwean then stood up to take the spot kick himself, he sent Josephs the wrong way and converted the penalty making the score 2-0. Apart from a few free kicks that were taken by Klate Pirates never threatened the Chiefs goal, making the first half a one sided affair.
Pirates came close to equalizing in the 2nd half after a rare error from Khune saw him spill the ball after a free kick but they failed to capitalise on the mistake. On the half hour mark Mahumutsa tried to head the ball back to his keeper but man of the match winner Musona managed to get to the ball before Josephs could and scooped the ball over him and headed into the Pirates goal, scoring his 3rd goal against Pirates this season.
Ruud Krol the Pirates coach made a substitutions that paid dividends as substitute Otorogu scored a beautiful powerful goal in the 76th minute that even the number1 keeper in South Africa could not save, but it was all too little too late for Pirates to do anything against the best defence in the league so far, having conceded only 2 goals prior to the game.
By Lepkeen
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