Lubhalwe nguMichael Madyira
I-Orlando Pirates inyukele endaweni yesine ku-Premier Soccer League ngemuva kokunqoba ngo 4-1 bebhekene ne-Stellenbosch enkundleni i-Orlando ngeSonto.
UThabang Monare, u-Innocent Maela, uKermit Erasmus noNdabayithethwa Ndlondlo bashayele iPirates amagoli abo okuqala e-PSL kule sizini basiza iqembu labo lasuka endaweni yesishiyagalombili.
Obambele uMervin Boji ushintshe izinto eqenjini le-Stellenbosch sekusele imizuzu engu-15 ukuthi kuphele umdlalo.
I-Stellenbosch ihleli ezansi ku-14 kanti isiphinde yanezela kuhlu lwemidlalo eyisishiyagalombili asebehlulwe kuyo.
IPirates ayizange ithathe isikhathi ukuthi iqhubekele phambili njengoba uMonare elishaye ngekhanda ibhola ebeliyi-freekick ethathwe nguMonnapule Saleng.
I-Stellenbosch izamile, kodwa uNkosinathi Sibisi noTapelo Xoki basheshe bavala u-Antonio van Wyk obese ecikekile ukaputeni uDean van Rooyen.
Njengoba iPirates ibisihamba phambili ngamagoli amabili ivele yashisa kakhulu.
UStephens ube eselungisa iphutha lakhe langaphambilini ngokuvimbela ibhola elikhahlelwe uMaela.
USaleng ucishe wwashaya igoli ngaphambi kokukhala kwempempe kodwa ibhola lakhe liphume phezu kwepali.
IPirates iqhubeke lapho ebegcine khona ngesiwombe sokuqala, ihlasela ngamandla.
Ekugcineni u-Erasmus ubuyile ngegoli lakhe leligi ngemuva kokufika ebholeni elikhahlelwe uSaleng ladlula uStephens ngendlela angayikholwanga.
Ngemuva kwesikhashana ukumemeza kukaNdlondlo engaphandle kwebhokisi kumnike ithuba uStephens njengoba engeze elinye igoli leligi alishayele iMarumo Gallants ekuqaleni kwesizini.
IPirates ibizidlalela nje ngaphandle kwezingqinamba ezivela kwizimbangi zabo, uTerrence Dzvukamanja uzamile, kodwa imizamo yakhe yavinjwa uStephens obematasa.
Umthombo wesithombe: I-Orlando Pirates