Soccer
Pirates go top in unconvincing style
10 December 2017 - 00:00
Orlando Pirates might have taken the Absa Premiership lead, but continue to lack that edge that could truly make them contenders, settling for an eighth draw of the season last night.
Bucs were overly cautious in the first half, then ran rampant, but could not score in thesecond in their fifth home game without a victory, with just one win from nine overall.It was Ntsikelelo Nyauza 1 Ntsikelelo Nyauza 1 by the break, Pirates’ right- back scoring a 23rd-minute own goal and 35th minute equaliser.Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic, who was again left ruing his “Rooibos without sugar”, has achieved his aim of making Bucs more competitive from last season’s hiatus. But their form at home is questionable...
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