#FeesMustFall movement hits Bidvest Stadium as Kaizer Chiefs beat Wits

10 February 2016 - 02:10 By Marc Strydom

Bidvest Wits conspired to miss a string of excellent chances and allow Kaizer Chiefs an unlikely 1-0 Absa Premiership victory at Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. Oh dear!!!We have a pitch invader here....A lady with runs onto the pitch@BidvestWits 0 - 1 @KaizerChiefspic.twitter.com/zhDfwPzgds — Tiiso (@TiisetsoMalepa) February 9, 2016junkA disjointed Chiefs hardly had a chance against Wits' high intensity performance before George Maluleka put Amakhosi ahead with a 59th-minute free kick.Chiefs hung onto the lead in a match that had everything - including a pitch invasion by a young female protester bearing a "#FeesMustFall'' banner.Gavin Hunt looks at a Wits Student protester holding #FEESMUSTFALL banner during the Absa Premiership match between Bidvest Wits and Kaizer Chiefs at Bidvest StadiumThe teams served up an electrifying game befitting sides who came into the match in second (Wits) and fourth (Chiefs).Wits dominated the first half, creating opportunities and pinning Chiefs on the back foot.Daine Klate's diving header forced a save from Chiefs goalkeeper Reyaad Pieterse.But Wits' onslaught continued. Phakamani Mahlambi beat Lorenzo Gordinho into the area and blasted high, then headed Jabulani Shongwe's cross a foot over.The Clever Boys had a convincing penalty appeal turned down 10 minutes into the first half by referee Victor Gomes after Mahlambi went down.Bongani Khumalo's handball at the other end resulted in a free-kick two metres outside the area, from which Maluleka placed a low shot past the wall and stranded keeper Moeneeb Josephs...

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