Kaizer Chiefs And Orlando Pirates Legends End In Draw
Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates legends played to a 1-1 draw at the Oppenheimer (Orkney) Stadium in a friendly match in remembrance of the 1991 stadium stampede at the same venue on Sunday afternoon. Read: Gaxa: I Came From Nowhere To Be Somebody On 13 January 1991 about 42 football loving fans lost their lives in a pre-season friendly between the two sides, and players took time to lay flowers on a monument to remember the fallen that died on the day. With a crowd of about 4 000 people in attendance, the entertaining affair saw the Buccaneers take control of the first half that led to Benedict 'Tso' Vilakazi finding the back of the net for the Ghost as they went into the half time break leading 1-0. The Amakhosi came back strongly in second stanza and were awarded a penalty which was converted by current development coach Ace Khuse who came on from the bench. Chiefs had the likes of Baloyi; Nzama, McCarthy, Manyathi, Seale; Zwane, Kubheka, Spencer, Makua, Fredericks, Khumalo in their squad while Ezika Magebhula had Williams Okpara, Benedict Vilakazi, Ronny Zondi, Eugene Zwane and Steve Lekoelea in theirs.
