Form will be thrown out the window when Cape Town City host Orlando Pirates in a mouthwatering Nedbank Cup last 16 showdown at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday night. City captain Robyn Johannes issued the warning ahead of a potentially explosive encounter that Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic described as the match of the round. "It’s the final before the final‚" Johannes joked on Tuesday as City held a morning training session in wet conditions. City go into the midweek game having fallen out of the race for the league title‚ some five points behind Pirates in the Premiership standings and with a meagre tally of 23 goals in 24 matches. Pirates sit second on the log table and arrive in Cape Town on the back of a run of four successive wins including victory in the derby against arch rivals Kaizer Chiefs. "We are not naïve‚ we know it is a very difficult game and a big task ahead of us but in games like these, form gets thrown out the window," said the City skipper. "It will go to...
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