Kele's pick of the week... A true Champion perfomance

It was not a difficult one to pick with so little action due the MTN 8 weekend. Got to see 2 NFD games but the Orlando Pirates comeback during their encounter against Mamelodi Sundowns was a

stunner.

Bafana ba style gave a good account of themselves in the 1st half of the match by staging a comeback of their own from 1-0 down after pirates went ahead with a Mbuyane goal. The Sundowns midfield trio of Teko Modise, Surprise Moriri and Musa Nyatama were a notch over the trusted Pirates duo of Oupa Manyisa and Andile Jali. Through 2 of their moves from the midfield Sundowns got a penalty which Katlego Mphela scored on a rebound and Nyatama placed a beautifully placed cross from Elias Pelembe.

Sundowns looked set at half time with score at 2-1 in their favor but it was a championship showing of Amabhakabhaka that left me speechless in the second stanza. Pirates came back all guns blazing while Sundowns seemed to have gone to sleep. Manyisa and Jali came on to claim what is normaly their territory in the centre of the park, from there on Pirates were like a well-oiled machine.

Earlier in the second half a goal by Tlou Segolela was disallowed after a well timed defense splitting pass was judged to be an offside by the assistant referee. That did not crash the defending champions as they kept pushing forward only to be rewarded on the 79th minute by a rocket from Segolela's boot inside the 18 area. About 12minutes later already in the referees optional time Segolela was at it again causing a penalty after Moriri who looked to have been overwhelmed by his role in the second half brought him down from behind. Bongani Ndulula who came on for Benni McCarthy was there to seal the win for the buccaneers

...Round 2 is at Loftus stadium on Sunday but all that will only take place after the full PSL fixture midweek.

Free State Stars v Jomo Cosmos Goble Park 15:00  

Kaizer Chiefs v Bidvest Wits FNB Stadium 19:30  

Mamelodi Sundowns v Moroka Swallows Lucas Moripe 19:30  

Platinum Stars v Bloem Celtic Moruleng Stadium 19:30  

Santos v Ajax Cape Town Athlone Stadium 19:30  

AmaZulu v SuperSport United Moses Mabhida Stadium 19:30  

Black Leopards v Golden Arrows Peter Mokaba Stadium 19:30  

Maritzburg Utd v Orlando Pirates Harry Gwala Stadium 20:00