Cape Town — Benni McCarthy’s first reaction was one of relief as his Cape Town City team kicked off the new Premier Soccer League season with a home victory over SuperSport United. The victory gave City a boost of confidence to take on Baroka FC in midweek and Maritzburg United for next weekend’s MTN8 quarterfinals. "The monkey is off my back," McCarthy said after the match. He was pleased with a full haul of points after a cracking half volley from Roland Putsche put City ahead after 55 minutes and substitute Craig Martin made it 2-0 in the second half for a full haul of points. Aubrey Modiba had a horror miss for SuperSport that should have brought them back into the game and James Keane was brought down for a clear penalty that was not awarded by referee Khulisane Qongqo. City dominated possession as SuperSport waited to catch them on the counterattack but they did not really test Ronwen Williams until after halftime. "I wanted us to start off well from the get-go … but our first...
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