IPirates Iqhwakele ku-Dramatic Stalemate
I-Orlando Pirates iphoqeleke ukuthi ithole iphuzu elilodwa emdlalweni wayo wokuqala wesizini edlule ibambene ngo 1-1 yiTS Galaxy. La maqembu womabili aphinde aphinde ahlangana koweBetway Premiership, emdlalweni wawo wakamuva ozokuba se-Orlando Stadium ngoMgqibelo. Bekudlala ngokulingana okokuqala ekhaya kumaBhakabhaka, awelele ngemizuzwana ukuthi anqobe kabili emidlalweni eminingi ngemuva kokungenelwa amaphuzu sekudlule isikhathi, kanti amaRockets avale isizini yawo ngephuzu elibalulekile elingaba nomthelela ongemuhle ekutholeni indawo yokuqala kwabayisishiyagalombili. Ukuqala kahle komqhudelwano wangoMgqibelo kubone izinhlangothi zombili zingena shí endaweni yeqembu eliphikisayo emizuzwini emihlanu yokuqala. IPirates kuphela ekwazile ukuthola ishodi, uTshegofatso Mabasa ethole inethi ngemuva kokuxebula umaka ebhokisini kulandela isethi yokuqala yomdlalo.
Izikhathi ezinjalo bezimbalwa futhi ziqhelelene phakathi esiwombeni sokuqala, unozinti weBucs u-Sipho Chaine kanye nenombolo yakhe ephikisana no-Ira Tapé kuphela ababenomsebenzi wokukhipha ama-save ajwayelekile. Ithuba elilodwa kuphela leGalaxy elivuleke ngesiwombe sokuqala liqhamuke kuKamogelo Sebelebele ngomzuzu ka-13, kodwa wehluleka wukuphazamisa isitobha sePirates. U-Deon Hotto wamukelwe umphumela ofanayo phakathi nesigamu sehora lapho umzamo wakhe wokukhahlela phambi kwepali uhlangana nokuphambukisa endleleni eya kunozinti wase-Ivory Coast, naye okwazile ukusindisa ngokunethezekile ukugcina izinto zingenanjongo. Imizamo yokulungisa le midlalo kuyona yomibili iphunzile, kodwa izivakashi zicishe zaphuma negoli esiwombeni sokuqala ngesikhathi u-Victor Letsoalo eshaya ibhola ngekhanda ngemuva kokuxhumanisa ibhola elifakwe ebhokisini nguSiphesihle Maduna.
Igoli liqale ngesiwombe sesibili u-Bandile Shandu ephikwa ngama-intshi ukusuka emugqeni wepali ngemuva kokuzisebenzela endaweni yokushaya amagoli ngaphakathi kwendawo yephenathi ye-Galaxy. UPatrick Maswanganyi uthole ithuba elakhe ngesikhathi amaBhakabhaka eqhubeka nokuphenya, kodwa wakubeka kungafanele umzamo wakhe. Ukuphikelela kosokhaya kugcine kuthele izithelo ngoShandu owabeka ezakhe phambili ngemuva kokuxhumanisa ibhola likaMohau Nkota, kulandela umnyakazo ovulwe ngaphandle nje kwephenathi kaRelebohile Mofokeng. IPirates ngokushesha yafuna okwesibili, kodwa yahluleka ukuvula izivakashi zayo. Kube khona umnyakazo ngakolunye uhlangothi, uKeagan Dolly esongela ngokuthi azame ukusuka endaweni kodwa wahluleka ukulibeka lapho ebekuhlosiwe khona. La maqembu womabili ahweba ngamagoli njengoba iwashi lishona, uHotto ekwazile ukusindisa uTapé ngomzuzu wama-86. Unozinti weBucs, uMelusi Buthelezi, ubenomsebenzi okufanele awenze ngesikhathi sokulimala, evimba ibhola likaLetsoalo ngekhanda eduze.
