Four goals drown Team of Choice
SUPERSPORT United put in a superb second-half performance to crush Maritzburg United 4-1 in an Absa Premiership match at Lucas Moripe Stadium last night.
Matsatsantsa’s victory, which saw them come from a goal down, takes them up to third place on the standings, two points adrift of leaders Bidvest Wits and one off secondKaizer Chiefs. The Team of Choice remain in ninth place.
Wits held their place at the top with an even more emphatic 5-0 thumping against struggling Baroka at Bidvest Stadium.
Wits have been in a rich vein of form lately and are now serious contenders for the league honours.
In the Supersport encounter with Maritzburg, neither side really took control of the game in the early stages, but Maritzburg claimed the lead on the quarter hour mark through a great strike from Kurt Lentjies.
The Team of Choice midfielder latched on to a poor clearance from SuperSport’s Onismor Bhasera and ripped a great shot from the ‘D’ of the penalty area into the top corner, giving goalkeeper Reyaad Pieterse no chance whatsoever.
Matsatsantsa should have been level just two minutes later, with Jeremy Brockie rattling the crossbar with a toe-poke shot, while the rebound fell kindly for Thabo Mnyamane but he was unable to direct an effort on target.
SuperSport had to wait until seven minutes into the second half to bring themselves level, with a beautiful passing move around the box ending with Mandla Masango poking the ball home from close range for his first United goal.
And the former Kaizer Chiefs winger’s second arrived less than a minute later, with a cross from the right flank for Masango to arrive late and fire home a low, left-footed shot to make it 2-1 to the hosts.
Just before the hour mark it was 3-1, with a cushioned header from Mnyamane setting up Nkhatha to score with a spectacular, acrobatic volley.
The Zimbabwean’s strike was SuperSport’s third goal in the space of seven minutes.
The Tshwane side soon racked up a fourth goal, with Mnyamane’s cross from left cleverly dummied by Nkhatha, allowing Brockie to finish from close range and make it 4-1. — Supersport