Cape Town City secured a 1-0 victory over Orlando Pirates in a thrilling Betway Premiership encounter. Darwin Gonzalez Mendoza delivered the winning goal, propelling City to sixth place on the log.
Darwin Gonzalez was again the hero for Cape Town City as they edged Orlando Pirates 1-0 in a Betway Premiership match at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday. The Venezuelan midfielder, who scored the winner against Kaizer Chiefs last Sunday, netted the only goal of the match. Following the victory, City moved up to sixth place on the log with 17 points after 12 matches while Pirates remained second with 27 points in 11 games. three points behind Mamelodi Sundowns.
The twenty-one thousand plus crowd that packed the stadium was treated to some entertaining football with both teams showing no respect towards each other. The Buccaneers had the upper hand in the first half and they created enough chances to take the lead, but in the end, they failed to find the back of the net. Pirates’ first chance of the half fell to Relebohile Mofokeng who found himself unmarked on the left side of the Buccaneers’ attack in the ninth minute, but the young striker hit the side netting. Five minutes later Kabelo Dlamini looked on in disbelief as his powerful left-footed shot hit the crossbar following some brilliant save from Darren Keet. minute, but his deflected shot was saved by Keet, who then had a go at his defence for giving the Pirates midfielder space to shoot at goal. minute, but again Keet was on hand to make another save. Sipho Chaine who didn’t do much in the first half did well to come out of his area to close the angle on Gonzalez on the stroke of half-time to make sure that the teams share the spoils going into the break. City coach Muhsin Ertugral made two changes at the start of the second bringing in Thabo Nodada and Jaeden Rhodes for Kamohelo Mokotjo and Hashim Domingo respectivel
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