Telkom Knockout Final between Bidvest Wits and Orlando Pirates: commentary
Telkom Knockout Final: As it happened!
Posted: 2011-12-10 19:00
If you were not at Moses Mabhida Stadium, or you were unable to watch the Telkom Knockout Final – Bidvest Wits vs Orlando Pirates – on TV, here's what happened!
KickOff.com's Tiyani wa ka Mabasa's minute-by-minute live commentary.
Hey guys. If you are not @ the Moses Mabhida stadium or you are unable to watch the Telkom Knockout final - Wits v Pirates - on TV, log on to www.kickoff.com for text commentary. Send your views to tiyani.mabasa@media24.com
Now ready to get the ball rolling guys & we will start with the line-ups.
Orlando Pirates XI: Josephs - Lekgwathi (C), Cloete, Mahamutsa, Sangweni - Jali, Mabena, Chansa, Klate - McCarthy, Mbuyane. BENCH: Meyiwa, Segolela, Rantie, Mhlongo, Nzunga, Manyisa & Mashego.
BidVest Wits XI: Murambadoro - Mngomezulu, Phungwayo, Mabizela, Gumede - Sibande, Myeni (C), Masalesa, Sibusiso Vilakazi - Sifiso Vilakazi, Chapman. BENCH: Hoffman, Chintu, Pule, Jayiya, Adolph, Langwe & Phillips.
Frankly, I'm surprised to see Manyisa on the bench. Tell me what you think of that by sending me an e-mail to tiyani.mabasa@media24.com, but for now let me first get to your earlier e-mails.
Thabo jonas Ndhlovu: "hey tiyani i think diz will be a close encounter bt i hope my team ,bugs beat da hell up of diz students thing."
Unathi Mtshatsha: "Pirates will teach the students a lesson,We are sea robbers."
Vincent Bila: "I think this will be d.cided on penalties wits will loose this 1."
Thiambi Nelwamondo: "Pirates to win today. Last time when wits won, we dint have 4 players and we lost Jele before the Match and we didn't have Benni, Jali, Cloete and our Captain."
Lithole Shakment Shaka: "Tiyani its simply and str8 foward, 2dys game is gona rain goals, dis wits students wil wil fil da heat, Benni Ngu X (unsolvable) Bucselona 6 Wits 0."
Nathu: "Holla Tiyani, where I stay now I don't an electricity yet, but with you by my side I know I won't miss a single action."
Kosmas Mukuve: "Im very unhappy with the coach's decision to sideline manyisa. We expected him to combine with Benni."
1min: Off we go @ the Moses Mabhida stadium - Wits vs Pirates.
3min: PIRATES GOAL - Benni with a cross to Klate in the box & Klate moves it on to Mbuyane, who is unmarked at the far post and he puts Pirates ahead. Bucs 1 Clever Boys 0.
11min: Believe it or not, Mabena has just missed a sitter. He dispossessed Mabizela and rounded off Murambadoro, but put his attempt just wide. It was easier to score than to miss.
Appalling miss by Mabena! Put through by Benni, rounds the keeper, misses open goal!
Kosmas Mukuve: "There is a possibility for pirates to score many goals as they can if wits continue causing many faults at the back. The history will not be relavant this moment."
16min: YELLOW CARD Jali booked for foul on Sbu. Vilakazi.
20min: Pirates 1 Wits 0. Wits can't get anything right so far.
26min: YELLOW CARD for Klate for kicking the ball away after the ref had blown his whistle for offside.
30min: Half an hour gone and 'Ezimnyama Ngenkani" lead 1-0.
34min: Benni misses a great opportunity. The ex-Bafana striker went past Gumede, but rushes his shot instead of picking his spot & misses when he tries to curl it around Murambadoro. Bucs may regret all this missed opportunities in the 2nd half.
41min: YELLOW CARD for Chapman for foul on Jali.
43min: Sifiso Vilakazi unlucky not to score with a header from a cross by Phungwayo. 'Slim Kat' was convinced it was going in, that's how close Wits were to an equaliser.
Kosmas Mukuve: "I'm really not convinced wth the referee [Daniel Bennett] today. It seems he is against pirate, but it will not work... Pirates will take the cash."
HALFTIME: Pirates are 1-0 to the good at the interval, but could have punished the shaky Wits defence a lot more in this half. E-mail to tiyani.mabasa@media24.com for your thoughts on the half.
Mahlanyanat: "I think Pirates started well and BennI and Klate seem to be doing the damage but I'm not impressed with Chansa he's losing too many balls in the middle and he plays very individually!"
Mike Nhlengethwa: "Thanks for good commentary. Pirates have to win this one, they have never won this trophy."
Billy Mabunda: "Pirates need Ace [Oupa Manyisa] in the middle, Ndumiso [Mabena] out."
46min: The second half gets underway.
49min: Pirates are sitting back allowing Wits to dictate terms here. Bucs must watch out for Sifiso Vilakazi, who has come very close twice, including once in the first half.
Abrame Majake: "Pirates need to attack more, put more pressure & they must never release their guards now.And they need to concentrate more now..and i think one more goal will frustrate the Students."
58min: BUCS SUB as Manyisa steps in for Mabena. Bucs fans are you happy? Let me know by sending an e-mail to tiyani.mabasa@media24.com.
60min: It's been a scrappy affair in the second half. Nothing to write home about, really.
64min: WITS SUB - Masalesa makes way for Langwe.
65min: WITS GOAL [Myeni]. The Wits skipper draws his side level as he slides one through the legs of Josephs. Pirates will now rue all the missed opportunities in the first half. Wits 1 Pirates 1 & now we have a game on our hands.
Nathu: "One more goal boys!! This is Football and Management lessons in action, I hope somebody who calls himself a football manager is watching."
72nd: PIRATES 2 [Klate] Wits 1. Bucs hit back with a great strike from Klatey. The flying winger chest trapped from a cross, put the ball to his strong left foot & hammered home to give Bucs the lead!
78min: PIRATES SUB - Segolela takes over from Mbuyane.
79min: WITS SUB - Jayiya in, Sif. Vilakazi out.
Mike Nhlengethwa: "Kuzofiwa!!!!"
83min: PIRATES 3 [Chansa] WITS 1. Segolela beats the Wits defence for pace and laid it on for Chansa, whose shot hit the roof of the net to give Bucs what seems like an unassailable lead.
86min: WITS SUB: Last throw of the dice for De Sa as he takes off Chapman for Adolph. However, it looks like a little too late for 'The Students'.
Mike Nhlengethwa: "Congrats to the Mighty Bucs, they have shown experience and proven to be the best team in SA."
90min: PIRATES SUB: Benni out, Rantie in.
FULLTIME: Pirates 3 [Mbuyane, Klate, Chansa] Wits 1 [Myeni]. Bucs, at last, break their Telkom Knockout duck by winning the trophy for the first time in seven attempts. Thanks for joining us. To 'Ezimnyama Ngenkani', congratulations.
Sebati Edward Mafate: "I am a proud Buccaneer today ... the boys have shown real championship pedigree and I salute them. Who would have thought this Orlando Pirates would conquer ALL?"
: 2011-12-10 19:46
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