Komphela’s Arrows share spoils with Siwelele in the scorching heat

Bloemfontein Celtic (1) 1 Lamontville Golden Arrows (0) 1

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STEVE Komphela, stole a point against his former employers, Bloemfontein Celtic, in an Absa Premiership tussle as Lamontville Golden Arrows shared the spoils in a 1-1 stalemate with the hosts at Dr Molemela Stadium yesterday afternoon.

Abafana Bes’thende showed character as they came from behind to snatch a point away from home.

Komphela has now collected four points out of a possible six in his tenure with Arrows.

He joined them three weeks ago from Celtic. It was an emotional return for Komphela, but he will be happy with a point. The point pushed Celtic into the top five on the log.

Arrows started on the front foot, asking plenty of questions on the left side.

Divine Lunga, using his pace, was storming forward on a consistent basis in the first half creating all sorts of problems for Siwelele.

He pinpointed Knox Mutizwa earlier in the game, but the Zimbabwean failed to bury that chance as he fluffed his line.

Lunga also found himself in a better goalscoring opportunity, but his shot went straight at Patrick Tignyemb. Arrows enjoyed the bulk of the ball possession, but couldn’t convert their chances into goals.

Arrows were made to rue those missed chances when Kabelo Dlamini played a lovely one-two with Lucky Baloyi before showing composure to beat Nkosingiphile Gumede with a grass-cutter. The goal came one minute before the interval. It was a wellworked goal and Abafana Bes’thende lost concentration during the critical phase of the game and they were punished for it.

It was blisteringly hot in Bloemfontein and players were given water breaks. Some of the Celtic faithful boycotted the game and were standing outside the stadium.

Knox Mutizwa restored parity for Abafana Bes’thende, 65 minutes into the game. He showed his class with a lovely free kick. Mutizwa seems to be enjoying life under the tutelage of Steve Komphela.

He also netted last week against Maritzburg United.

In yesterday’s match, Celtic’s Tignyemb produced a brilliant save, tipping the ball over the bar to deny Nduduzo Sibiya, who curled a quality free kick from the left.

Arrows were causing havoc with their set plays around the box. Danny Venter missed a glorious opportunity to snatch the winner for Arrows in the dying minutes of the game. Lunga whipped in a good cross, which found Lerato Lamola, who spotted a welltimed run made by Venter, who then ballooned his attempt over the bar.

Celtic had only one shot on target, which was a goal, but it was enough for them to earn a point.