Tade’s strike inspires Usuthu to victory
Stars fail to profit from own goal gift
Argentine striker Emiliano Tade saved AmaZulu blushes when his goal inspired a comefrom-behind 2-1 win against Free State Stars in an Absa Premiership match here yesterday.
Tade scored in the 53rd minute after a good build-up around Stars’ danger area.
Substitute Mhlengi Cele fired two minutes from time to keep Usuthu’s 100% home record intact.
Stars looked to have a chance to bag all three points when Man of the Match and AmaZulu goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs gifted them their lead after failing to deal with Mbongeni Gumede’s harmless back-pass in the fifth minute.
Usuthu skipper Gumede was trying to start their attack afresh when he found Josephs out of his position.
His low back-pass resulted in an awful own goal.
It was Stars‚ however‚ who created most of the chances in the opening 45 minutes with Sinethemba Jantjie‚ Sthembiso Dlamini and twin strikers Eleazer Rodgers and Congolese Harris Tchilimbou all wasting gilt-edged opportunities to increase their lead.
Both teams came into this match having had mixed fortunes.
While Usuthu had won their opening league match 1-0 at home against Baroka‚ they were not so lucky in their second match to SuperSport as they suffered a 1-0 loss.
Ea Lla Koto lost 3-0 in their opening away fixture against Bidvest Wits but bounced back in the second match‚ with goals by Tchilimbou and Goodman Dlamini giving them a 2-1 home victory over Maritzburg United.