Soccer
It's Rise and Shine as City bury Ghost
Polokwane City had to dig deep to beat hosts Orlando Pirates in a penalty shootout in a Telkom Knockout quarterfinal match that had no shortage of drama and goals.
Both teams had come to this encounter looking to improve their poor record in this tournament.
While Pirates have played in eight of the previous 35 finals since the inception of the competition, they only had success once when they defeated Wits 3-1 in the 2011 edition. And their struggle continued last night.
Rise and Shine's record is no better either. The Limpopo club started last night's match still technically searching for their first win in this tourney with all four of their previous participations ending in first-round exits.
Their passage to the last eight this year was also secured through penalties after playing to a 0-0 draw with Ajax Cape Town.
With Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic and his Polokwane counterpart Bernard Molekwa employing an attacking 4-4-2 formation, the match was flowing from end to end in both 90 and 30 minutes of extra time...
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