Orlando Pirates brings South Africa once more to stand still for the Soweto Derby as they beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in the dying minutes in the Betway Premiership at FNB Stadium.
Orlando Pirates who are chasing Mamelodi Sundowns in the PSL title race humbled Chiefs in the fully packed FNB stadium. Pirates goal was scored in the 90+5 minute via a penalty.
Chiefs nearly went off to a dream start but Mmodi was denied by Sipho Chaine after Sesane was pick-pocketed on the edge of the box inside the opening two minutes.
Pirates had the opportunity to open the scoring after 22 minutes but Mofokeng lost the ball trying to beat a defender in the box after he got a pass from Maswanganyi.
The two teams could not be separated after the opening 45 minutes, despite missing some big chances that could have easily been turned into goals.
Minutes later, in the second half, a loose ball from the midfield arrived at the feet of Mabasa, who was unmarked in the box, but he rushed his effort and it went wide of Bvumaโs upright.
There were other wasted opportunities for Pirates when Mabasaโs shot was cleared by an alert Bvuma, who moved out of his line, and he later again dived the right way to deny Hotto, who evaded the Chief’s defence on the left side.
The game was headed to a nil-nil encounter until the magic happened with just a minute to the final whistle.
The breakthrough came in the final minute of added time when Pirates were awarded a penalty after Blom fouled Mofokeng in the box.
Orlando Pirates’s Patrick Maswanganyi scored the cheeky injury-time penalty to hand Orlando Pirates an important Soweto Derby win.
The Buccaneers close their gap on Mamelodi Sundowns to three points, on the other hand, Kaizer Chiefs are trying to get themselves in the championship mix.
“๐๐’๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป’๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ” Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi
