Kaizer Chiefs made heavy weather of their passage to the last 16 of the Nedbank Cup after being forced to go to extra-time before their new DR Congo striker Christian Saile and Ashley du Preez gave Amakhosi a 2-0 victory over Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Friday night.
While Chiefs had more chances to put the match beyond Maritzburg after they scored, it was Maritzburg who nearly took the match to penalties with striker Amadou Soukouna hitting the upright minutes before Du Preez extended Chiefs' lead.
There was a lot of huffing and puffing on the wrong parts of the pitch by Chiefs in the early stages of this disappointing match before Saile provided a through ball to Shabalala to test Maritzburg keeper King Ndlovu for the first time in the 15th minute. Du Preez kept Ndlovu busy early in the second half before Chiefs found it more and more difficult to find an opener against a home team that looked content to defend and take this match to penalties.
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