Orlando Pirates hardly had to break sweat to thump Eswatini side Royal Leopards 3-0 in the CAF Confederation Cup clash at Orlando Stadium last night.
The win, courtesy of goals from Fortune Makaringe, Kabelo Dlamini and Terrence Dzvukamanja, put Pirates on nine points in Group B, boosting their chances of making it to the knockout phase of the competition.
Having deployed a rare 4-4-2 formation against Gallants, Pirates reverted to their normal 4-5-1 formation with Kwame Peprah, who would be replaced by Dzvukamanja at halftime, spearheading the attack. Dzvukamanja went on to net Pirates' third goal, a brilliant header from a Dlamini corner-kick, in the 70th minute.
Leopards looked more structurally organised than in the first leg. Unlike at Mbombela Stadium, where their zonal marking approach proved disastrous, the Swazi side’s centre-backs Linda Mbuli and Mzwandile Mabelesa were a bit compact. Leopards keeper Dlamini was the reason Pirates failed to score in the first stanza, making great saves to deny the likes of Peprah and Makaringe.
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