Orlando Pirates beat Amazulu 4-2 at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday in a rollercoasterAmazulu had taken the lead against the run of play only to see their advantage erased thanks to a contentious penalty.Orlando Pirates hit the front midway through the second half butPirates left it quite late to get back in front and then in stoppage time, they got a goal that gave them a cushion that they didn’t have at any point in regulation time.
Orlando Pirates had two good chances in the opening three minutes, both with Mabasa running through on goal, but his first effort was cleared off the line by Ramahlwe Mphahlele, and his second was saved by goalkeeper Veli Mothwa in a one-on-one situation. Up to the half-hour mark when Hendrick Ekstein broke the deadlock for the hosts with a goal from the edge of the box during a breakaway. Hotto’s failed clearance cost Pirates. The ball fell perfectly for Ekstein and he fired a rocket into the net.Pirates started the second half brightly but it took a setpiece for them to finally take the lead. A well-worked move saw Kabelo Dlamini curl a left-footed effort past Mothwa.
In end-to-end attacks, Ekstein was unlucky not to make it 3-2 for Usuthu in the last 18 minutes with a shot clipping the crossbar and going over.
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