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Pirates brush off Chiefs to keep up at the top of the DDC log

Orlando Pirates Diski Challenge attacker Relebohile Ratomo continued together with his magnificent type as he impressed his staff to a DStv Diski Challenge (DDC) Soweto derby victory over Kaizer Chiefs.

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Ratomo, who has already had coaching classes with the first staff following his good exhibiting with the in the DDC, was as soon as once more in high-quality type to assist the Buccaneers beat Chiefs in a tightly contested affair.

The sport ended 3-1 in favour of Pirates at the Solomon Mahlangu Stadium on Sunday.

Pirates scored first by way of Ratomo’s penalty, earlier than the younger Amakhosi levelled the scores thanks to Donay Jansens’ spot-kick. 

But Bucs have been keen for 3 factors with the championship title of their thoughts, as they went on to take the lead as soon as once more in the sport courtesy of Mpumelelo Ndaba in the second half, earlier than Mohau Nkota sealed the victory for the junior Buccaneers.

Pirates, who’re being guided by Joseph Makhanya, are simply two factors away from top of the desk aspect SuperSport United. 

Makhanya’s staff are in third place with 47 factors after 23 video games in the DDC, whereas the younger Matsatsantsa are at the summit of the log with 49 factors, and second positioned Cape Town City have collected 48 factors from the identical quantity of matches.

Makhanya believes there may be nonetheless a lot to do for his staff to do of their remaining fixtures, however trusts that his gamers can be in a position to ship.

“We are taking it one game at a time and we believe that we will be able to get the results that we want for the remainder of the league. We are happy with the win. The boys showed that they wanted to get a victory and they did just that,” mentioned Makhanya. 

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“These are young kids and they enjoy playing football. The most important thing is that they are doing the right things and we can only improve from our mistakes because no one doesn’t make mistakes. There are many matches still coming and we just have to continue working hard and making it a point that we win our games.”

Pirates subsequent sport is in opposition to AmaZulu FC reserves at the King Zwelithini Stadium on April 1. 

ALL Results: 

Saturday

TS Galaxy 0, Richards Bay 0

Swallows FC 2, Royal AM 3

Mamelodi Sundowns 2, SuperSport United 0

Marumo Gallants 2, Sekhukhune United 1

Chippa United 1, Maritzburg United 2

Sunday

AmaZulu FC 1, Golden Arrows 3

Cape Town City 2, Stellenbosch FC 3

Orlando Pirates 3, Kaizer Chiefs 1


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