Wasteful Students fail their Celtic examination

BLOEMFONTEIN Celtic joined a long list of clubs that have benefited from the charitable Bidvest Wits, writes Kgomotso Mokoena at Bidvest Stadium. The three points were enough to propel the visitors into the top eight. Wits have now gone 12 matches without a win and are serious candidates for relegation.

Bidvest Wits (0) 1 - Bloemfontein Celtic (2) 3

The Students started like zealous A-students and created two scoring chances by the sixth minute. Sibusiso Vilakazi failed to guide a header into the net with Celtic goalkeeper Thabani Stemmer in no man's land. Bradley Ritson's header also flew inches off target.

Celtic took the lifeline and made their hosts pay when Lerato Manzini scored in the eighth minute. Ruzaigh Gamilden broke the offside trap and with the goalkeeper to beat, he unselfishly passed to Manzini who stroked the ball into the net.

It was 2-0 three minutes later and the Students had turned into remedial learners. The hard-running Gamilden turned scorer after connecting with a Lennox Bacela cross. Celtic were exploiting Wits' weakness on the left, where Patrick Phungwayo was deployed.

Roger de Sa's lecture at halftime paid dividends when they pulled one back through Bhongolwethu Jayiya's bullet header. But his teammates wasted several scoring opportunities and hit the posts four times. Against the run of play, Gamilden grabbed his second with a torpedo shot.