Halftime❗️ Orlando Pirates dominated the first half, but were unable to find the breakthrough against Royal AM on Wednesday afternoon. SLSiya Read more:
Buccaneers coach Jose Riveiro rang the changes ahead of Saturday's Nedbank Cup semi-final against Kaizer Chiefs, as they were starts for Kermit Erasmus, Bandile Shandu, Makhehlene Makhaula and a first start for 17-year-old Relebohile Ratomo.
John Maduka also re-shuffled the Royal AM set up, as Happy Jele was re-called against his former employers while Sydney George replaced Mxolisi Macuphu in the attack after the loss to Cape Town City. The home side were looking to continue their winning streak and they nearly got off to the perfect when Deon Hotto could struck crossbar from six yards out on 16 minutes, while Erasmus saw his goal-bound strike cleared off the line by Jabulani Ncobeni minutes later after a defensive error.
Riveiro's charges were camped in the Royal AM half for most of the first stanza and Pirates were nearly gifted a goal on 38 by an error from goalkeeper Mondli Mpoto's failure to hold on to the ball, but the hosts were unable to capitalise in the box. At the other end, it proved to be a relatively quiet opening 45 minutes for Pirates goalkeeper Sipho Chaine as the visitors failed to mount any serious attempts at goal, which was evident by the fact that they had one corner.
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