UMofokeng unyusa isikhundla se Pirates ngaphezu kweSundowns
I-Orlando Pirates inyukele phezulu kwitheyibhile yeBetway Premiership emva kokoyisa i-AamaZulu FC ngo 2-0 eMoses Mabhida Stadium ngoLwesibini ebusuku.
UDeon Hotto ubuyele kuluhlu lwePirates endaweni kaNkosikhona Ndaba emva koloyiso lwangoMgqibelo kwiMagesi FC, ngelixa i-Usuthu ibuyisele uBongani Zungu, uHendrick Ekstein kunye nophumeleleyo kumdlalo ngoMgqibelo bedlala noMlondi Mbanjwa.
IPirates ifumene uxinzelelo olukhulu kwasekuqaleni kwaye yathatha ukhokelo kumzuzu we-16 xa ibhola eligobileyo likaTshepang Moremi lifumene uRelebohile Mofokeng, owabetha ngentloko uDarren Johnson.
UHotto wayefuna ukongeza igoli lesibini phakathi kwendima yokuqala ngebhola yokuqala evela kwikona eqinileyo emva kokupasa okungasemva nguMofokeng, kodwa uJohnson waphuma.
Yahlala ingumdlalo wecala elinye njengoko iUsuthu nangona yayisele isemva.
Yaqhubeka nokuhlala phantsi kwisiqingatha sayo, ifuna ukudlala ngexesha lokuphumla yaza yamema iingxilimbela zaseSoweto ukuba zize kuyo.
IPirates yayijonge ukongeza igoli lesibini ngomzuzu ukuya kwixesha lokuphumla xa ishoti enamandla kaThalente Mbatha yanyanzela uJohnson ukuba ehle aye kwindawo yakhe aze afumane ikona.
I-Usuthu yaqala ukuvula yaza yaqinisa indlela yayo ngokutshintsha kabini apho uLangelihle Mhlongo wangena endaweni kaZungu ngelixa uAthini Maqokolo wangena endaweni ka-Ekstein.
IiBuccaneers zazisalawula yonke indawo kwaye kwakufanele ukuba zifikelele kwinqanaba lesibini.
Xa u-Oswin Appollis wayalela ukuba ibhola inqunyulwe kwindawo ebanzi kwikona ephezulu.
Ngaphezu koko, iOrlando Pirates ivuselele uhlaselo lwayo kwimizuzu yokugqibela ngokwazisa uAndre De Jong kwaye uDaniel Msendami wangena ebaleni ukuze adlale umdlalo wakhe wokuqala.
I-Usuthu isondele ekulinganiseni xa uMhlongo ephosa ibhola ngentloko esuka kwi-free-kick kaHanamub, kodwa uChaine wagcina umdlali we-defender engaphumeleli.
Ngaphambi kokuba ii-giants zaseSoweto zilungise umdlalo emva kokuba i-shot kaMofokeng iphume epalini yaza yangena kuJohnson.
Uluhlu oluqinisekisiweyo:
AmaZulu: Johnson, Allan, Fielies, Mthethwa, Radebe, Zungu, Bern, Hanamub, Ekstein, Mbanjwa, Ngwenya
Subs: Mzimela, Dube, Slatsha, Mhlongo, Sithole, Zikhali, Maqokolo, Mashigo, Kutumela
FUNDA KWAKHONA :Umqeqeshi weGomora Utd uthi abanokothuswa yi Downs
Orlando Pirates: Chaine, Sibisi, Seema, Hotto, Van Rooyen, Makhaula, Mbatha, Mofokeng, Moremi, Appolis, Mbuthuma
SIFUMANE KUFACEBOOK :Imidlaloyoluntu.facebook.com
Subs: Buthelezi, Chabatsane, Ndaba, Sebelebele, Nemtajela, Maswanganyi, Msendami, De Jong, Makgopa
