Orlando Pirates’ CAF Champions League dream is all of a sudden hanging by a thread.
The Sea Robbers have been bashed 3-0 by Saint-Eloi Lupopo throughout Sunday’s first leg conflict in Lubumubashi, DRC.
To advance to the group phases, coach Abdeslam Ouaddou’s facet should win 4-0 within the second leg on the Orlando Stadium this coming weekend.
CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: SAINT-ELOI LUPOPO 3-0 ORLANDO PIRATES
The hosts couldn’t have requested for a greater begin. Simply 5 minutes in, Congolese striker Ramos Kashala Wanet broke the impasse with a composed end previous Sipho Chaine, placing the guests instantly beneath strain.
Halfway by means of the second half, issues bought worse for the Soweto giants as substitute Kambou reacted quickest to a unfastened ball within the field, drilling dwelling his facet’s second within the seventieth minute.
The competition was successfully settled a minute from time when Jean Benoît Tukumban added a 3rd, sealing a dominant win for the Congolese membership and giving them a wholesome cushion heading into the return leg in South Africa.
HOW THE BUCCANEERS LINED UP
Captain Nkosinathi Sibisi changed Lebone Seema within the coronary heart of defence. In assault, Sipho Mbule and Kamogelo Sebelebele got here in for Relebohile Mofokeng and Oswin Appollis.
Full line-up: Sipho Chaine, Thabiso Lebitso, Deon Hotto, Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Nkosinathi Sibisi, Sihle Nduli, Sipho Mbule, Masindi Nemtajela, Proof Makgopa, Kamogelo Sebelebele, Tshepang Moremi.
Substitutes: Siyabonga Dladla, Lebone Seema, Siyabonga Ndlozi, Nkosikhona Ndaba, Abdoulaye Mariko Mbatha, Patrick Maswanganyi, Oswin Appollis, Tshegofatso Mabasa.
The return leg is about for Saturday on the Orlando Stadium at 15:00. However first up, Polokwane Metropolis on Wednesday within the Betway Premiership, kick off can be 19:30 on the Orlando Stadium.
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