Lubhalwe nguMichael Madyira
I-Orlando Pirates ilahlekelwe ithuba lokukhulisa amathuba ayo okuba endaweni yesibili etafuleni le-Premier Soccer League ngemuva kokudlala ngokulingana ngo 1-1 neRoyal AM enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Orlando ngoLwesithathu.
Edlala umdlalo wakhe wokuqala okhokhelwayo, umdlali wasesiswini (17) uRelebohile Ratomo uphoqe u-Elias Pelembe ukuthi afake ibhola ebhokisini lakhe ngomzuzu ka-56 ngaphambi kokuthi ongene esikhundleni somunye uMenzi Masuku ashayele izivakashi igoli lokulinganisa sekusele kancane ukuthi umdlalo uphele.
Bekungokokuqala emidlalweni eyisikhombisa ukuthi iPirates ilahle amaphuzu kodwa isahlezi endaweni yesibili etafuleni.
IPirates imoshe ithuba ngokuvula igebe lamaphuzu amane ngaphambi kweSuperSport United esendaweni yesithathu okuyiyona eyinikeze ithuba ngesikhathi idlala ngokulingana ngo 0-0 neStellenbosch ngoLwesibili.
IRoyal AM izobuyela KwaZulu-Natal ijabule ngokungena kwayisishiyagalombili ahamba phambili ngemuva kokucosha iphuzu.
Njengoba iPirates izobhekana neKaizer Chiefs ngoMgqibelo umqeqeshi uJose Riveiro uphumuze abadlali bakhe abasezingeni eliphezulu abafana noMonnapule Saleng, uTerrence Dzvukamanja, uTapelo Xoki kanye noThabang Monare.
Bekuyisinqumo esinesibindi somqeqeshi wase-Spain onikeze uRatomo ithuba lokuqala lokudlala emdlalweni obaluleke kangaka.
Emizuzwini engu-16 iPirates ithole amathuba amabili elandelana ngokushesha okokuqala ngeshodi likaDeon Hotto elishaye ipali ngemuva kokufuna amandla esikhundleni sokunemba.
Ngemuva kwemizuzwana uJabulani Ncobeni uvimbe ibhola likaKermit Erasmus ngemuva kokuthi lo mdlali wasesiswini weRoyal AM azilahlele epalini ukuze avimbe ingozi.
Izivakashi bezingafakeli iPirates ingcindezi kodwa uRatomo wehlulekile ukushaya igoli ngebhola elakhwe kahle ngemuva kokukhetha ukudlula nokufuna ukushaya igoli eseduze.
Yize uThwihli Thwahla ekwazile ukwehlisa ingcindezi ebivela kosokhaya kwaze kwayiwa ekhefini, iPirates ithole impumelelo kumdlali wayo osemusha emizuzwini engu-11 esiwombeni sesibili.
Ishodi elinamandla likaRatomo elishaye ipali libuye lashaya unyawo likaPelembe langena phakathi enethini.
Sekusele imizuzu engu-17 iRoyal AM izame ukushaya igoli ngesikhathi uMfundo Thikazi ephoqa unozinti wePirates uSipho Chaine ukuthi avimbe ibhola.
Umdlalo ububukeka uzophela osokhaya behamba phambili kodwa uMasuku uye wajezisa iqembu lakhe lakudala ngekhanda ephakathi ebhokisini ukuze anikeze izivakashi iphuzu.
Esithombeni esingenhla: URelebohile Ratomo ezama ukudlula umdlali wasemuva uHappy Jele
Umthombo wesithombe: Orlando Pirates