Bucs Fire Blanks Again
15 October 2011
ABSA Premiership
Date: 15 October 2011
Result: Orlando Pirates 0-0 AmaZulu
Venue: Orlando Stadium
Referee: Phillip Tinyane
Orlando Pirates' goalscoring woes continued as they had to settle for a point from their clash with AmaZulu at the Orlando Stadium this evening.
Pirates started off looking like champions, passing the ball around confidenty but without creating any real chances. Oupa Manyisa and Stanton Lewis traded speculative efforts with neither troubling the goalkeepers.
The visitors began to grow in confidence as the half wore on, pressuring Pirates in the midfield into making mistakes. Thulasizwe Mbuyane got into the six-yard area with the ball at his feet but dawdled in transferring the ball to his stronger right boot and AmaZulu were able to recover.
Pirates skipper Lucky Lekgwathi buried his free header in the 22nd minute but it was disallowed because of pushing and the Ghost voiced their disapproval of referee Phillip Tinyane. Siyabonga Sangweni had a second header go wide as the Sea Robbers exposed AmaZulu's inability to deal with set-pieces effectively.
The jitters continued to reverberate through the visitor's defence as they hung back, fluffed their clearances and keeper Mbongeni Mzimela chose to do a spot of dribbling in his area. Andile Jali hit the crossbar from range with a fabulous effort that had AmaZulu captain Bukasa Kasongo plead with his midfielders to close the Pirates attackers down.
The hosts were in full control but struggled to engineer any decisive opportunities which has been a problem plaguing their football in recent games.
AmaZulu seemed content to live dangerously and just about survived two goalmouth scrambles without conceding. For all their possession, Pirates were about as toothless as a toad in front of goal.
Ruben Cloete hoofed a dipping shot in from 30-yards out and it almost wrong-footed Mzimela, taking a nasty bounce off the turf just before the hour.
Pirates had yet another opportunity with a free-kick from the edge of the area in the 63rd minute which deflected off Kasongo and forced in Mzimela into a smart save. The AmaZulu captain recovered well to clear the rebound.
Ayanda Dlamini had a rare shot in anger for the visitors whistle over the crossbar, sounding a warning to Pirates that the men in green were not out of the contest.
Strikers Benni McCarthy and Ndumiso Mabena were sent on as Pirates continued to plug away at the AmaZulu defence. The former let fly with a couple of ambitious efforts and Mbuyane saw a spectacular diving header go wide in the latter stages of the half but in the end, Pirates had completed an astonishing 270 minutes without finding the back of the net.
AmaZulu had two good chances in the final minute of time added on but they too were stifled in their attempt to get off the mark.
Orlando Pirates: Josephs, Cloete, Sangweni, Lekgwathi, Jele, Manyisa, Jali, Doutie (McCarthy 65'), Klaite, Chansa (Mabena 71'), Mbuyane (Bester 85')
AmaZulu: Mzimela, Teyise, Van Heerden, Kasonga, Nyadombo, Hadebe, Sangweni (Kgatla 80'), Zhuwawo, Shipahu (Chavula 60'), Dlamini, Lewis (Senamela 60')
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comments
Now we all know dat PSL referees hate pirates bt its ok will win everything again without them. Up de bucs till buyile gqubula gets it in his head dat we r de champions
Submitted by: lomqino
Date: 18 October 2011, Time: 10:21:29
I du nt hv much 2 say bt all i can say ryt nw is tht amanzi la akame khona aphinde ame futy.nkosi uze ubagcina bame ingunaphakade lapha ku no8 coz it whr thy belong 4 th rest of th season kikikikikiki kuty ang.giye lol.
Submitted by: Promicious
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 22:32:50
please b with these guys(rats) lord, they need u nw more than eve b4 gv them atleast 1 goal.AMEN
Submitted by: Ashkhosi4lyf
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 18:47:24
As pirates has started again loosing and playing useless draws with small teams instead of winning,thy must watch out its too early 4 them 2 play draws at diz tym of da season...if thy r nt careful thy wil win da league again after 10 YEARS
Submitted by: Sphelly
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 16:32:10
we OP fans must stop giving leal credit 4 wining da mtn cup bcz da team dat won da mtn was krol`s team. leal is failing 2 cm up wit working combinationz,,last year we had no strikers bt atleast we managed to win matches and nw we bought 3 strikers 2 boast da team bt wat does da coach do? he start a match witout a single striker..leal juju iz nt a striker u mst play him alongside a striker nt another midfilder in chansa and dis stupid coach z kiling mayambela..hayi khoza fire dis crap coach and bring some1 dat da playerz wl b wiling 2 die for caz its obvious dey cnt do dat 4 leal..and by da way hw do u expect 2 win matches wit a coach wu speaks like dat...i stoped wearing my pirates tshirt until we get a new coach and im no longer watching our games anymore...unti he leaves dis team
Submitted by: soximan
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 14:50:44
dear OP FAITHFOOLZ ,everybody saw that we have no dangerman upfront, but blieve me we will bounce back soon..we r going to start with the everlost leopards and advance to the cup final...bucz rulez
Submitted by: azharmolefe
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 10:25:04
I dont blame u Rats fans cos u didnt choose Rats on ur own, u were still minors when u fell for Pirates, u couldn’t make appropriate and effective decisions---by then u didn’t kno what was wrong/rite...But I blame your guardians who told u Rats was a great thing ever when u were young,dey imposed Rats into ur brains and u listened to dem but u didn’t kno anyway and now u hav 2 leave with ur choice...u chose Rats...so deal with it!!!…but now u r all above 16 yrs and u can revisit ur decision and see if it was a rite decision…and can still change for ur own health…
Submitted by: Thembelani63
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 09:39:17
is Leal a good coach for bugs?? we all know that they only play with secowlela without secowlela no win for them!! shame bugs you are in danger this season!! Leal he is not a good coach for bugs!! any way who cares?? I'm khosi for life and we are not one player team!!! keep on going down bugs!!
Submitted by: morald
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 09:20:45
Let them perhaps draw their next game and crash out of Telkom Cup...then u'll hear stories from their camp...u havent seen anything...this is d 5 skippers team...I expected Rats 2 cry about d disallowed goal...were u guys cheated again??? remember referees hates you???please logde a complain like SAFA??? lol!!! Is dis d team dats gonna conquer Africa,I doubt??? I once said ur strikers has lost taste long ago...Shame!
Submitted by: Thembelani63
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 09:11:58
poor piretes goes down again, kwe kwe kwe palyer 8. position 8 ha!!! ha!! ha!!! keep on going down. i love it!!! khosi for life!!
Submitted by: morald
Date: 17 October 2011, Time: 08:58:39