By Dzudzie Faith Netshisaulu
The 2-1 loss to rivals Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup semi-final was a bitter pill to swallow for Kaizer Chiefs players, who were seemingly left quite emotional, with Chiefs’ Sporting Director, Kaizer Motaung Jnr, having to comfort some players who couldn’t hold their tears.
Chiefs hosted pirates at the sold out FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the Ke Yona semi-final match. The match which was scheduled to kick off at 3pm, had to be delayed by 15 minutes to allow hundreds of fans who were still stuck outside to make their way into the Calabash.
Pirates’ Kermit Erasmus opened the scoresheet on the 14th minute, with Chiefs only coming back with an equaliser in the 79th minute of the second half through Yusuf Maart. The match ended on a one all stalemate, with referee Abongile Tom, calling for extra time.
The first half of the extra time saw no goals from both sides, leaving Bucs’ Sandile Mthethwa’s 113th minute goal to win the match for the Buccaneers, securing them a spot in the Nedbank Cup Final.
Pirates now await the winner of Sunday’s semi-final between Sekhukhune United and Stellenbosch FC who will sweat it out at the Davie Craven Stadium in the Western Cape, kick off is at 6pm.
The final will be played on the 27th of May at Loftus Versfeld.