ORLANDO Pirates and Platinum Stars served a delectable midweek treat when they played to a delightful 1-1 draw in a Premiership game at Orlando Stadium on Tuesday night.Both goals came from substitutes Thabiso Kutumela for Pirates and Thobani Kunene for Dikwena. The result meant Stars have now got two points in two visits to Johannesburg and will be difficult to beat in the Rustenburg heat.They appear to be the team few people have so far taken note of in this early league title race. They look comfortable and well-drilled within the plan coach Cavin Johnson has given them.They squandered at least three takeable chances in the first half, which went wide off the boots of Robert Ng’ambi and Ndumiso Mabena. Ng’ambi had Pirates fans’ hearts in throats as early as the 13th minute when he half-volleyed a Henrico Botes cut back inches wide.In the 29th, Ng’ambi had Pirates goalkeeper Brighton Mhlongo at full stretch, but his long-range effort went narrowly wide. Mabena, too, could have ope...
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