The former Bidvest Wits winger, who has been in fine form since joining the Buccaneers, made his Derby debut and he’ll forever remember it for scoring the winner after he was set up by Augustine Mulenga.
The Zambian did not get his name on the scoresheet, but he was the Buccaneers’ best performing player on the day, bagging the man of the match award. Mulenga, who set up Pule for the winner, kept the Amakhosi defenders on their toes. He is comfortable on the ball and hardly ever loses it.
Chiefs may have been on the losing side, but Billiat will remember scoring in his first appearance in the biggest game on the South African football calender. Billiat profited from a Mpontshane error in the first half, but things went downhill after the former Mamelodi Sundowns man gave the visitors the lead.
Motshwari was full on running in the middle of the park and made sure Chiefs did not play with freedom. The former Bidvest Wits man had a few shots at goal, but none of them were on target.
The former Black Leopards man is one of the very few Chiefs players who had a good game. At times he gave away possession, but Ntshangase was lively and tried to get the team to play, and even helped out defensively. He played in a good pass for Leonardo Castro, but the Colombian's effort was tame.
He could do very little to keep out the goals that were scored by Pirates, but he did well to deny Justin Shonga from the penalty spot. He was let down by his defence on quite a few occasions