THE MTN8 THE TREASURE OF SA SOCCER

The stage was set and it was up to players to showcase their talent, with FNB Stadium almost packed to full capacity the two Soweto giants did live up to the fans expectations. Those who were saying the derby has lost its spark are wrong after what I’ve seen on Sartuday.

Amakhosi started like a house on firewith playeres like Reneilwe Letsholonyane and middle field king pin Tinashe “washington” Nengomasha tormenting Pirates donones, Oupa manyisa and Andile Jali. they were making brilliant passes towards Bucs  goal posts in the first fifteen  minutes of the game  but again failed to unsettle Moeneeb Joseph as they were firing blanks. The Pirates duo of Manyisa and Jali never gave up they had resilience mentality while Zebra was galloping all over the field, the first half failed to produce results for both teams.

While pirates was under pressure,Segolela managed to take a shot at thirty three minutes but it was not even dangerous to Khune,that kind of shot was necessary for Morne steyn and crew in Newzealand. After second half Bucs came up blazing, with BONGANI Ndulula as a substitute for Ndumiso Mabena who looked harmless through the game. Ndulula did live up to his big nick name of “Drogba” scoring a goal at first minute of additional time.

He was denied an opportunity to celebrate his goal as refree claimed that he pushed Erwin Isaacs,that did not deter the defending champions to push forward for another goal in the extra time.It was none other than the giant killer Manyisa who volleyed home a solitary goal which made the Bucs family happy people again on the day. The buccaneers finished the game on a high note, also their coach Jairo Leal was over the moon than his rival Vladimir Vermozovic who was sad for losing again. The chairman of the Pirates must have been happy after his boys started where they left  last season with their collection of treasures .the question is will the ghost they take another cups this season?.