Rise and Shine secured maximum points without their star attacker who is a wanted man in Naturena.
- Chiefs target Appollis was unavailable for Polokwane
- Rise and Shine claimed maximum points
- Ighodaro, Nikani & Matuludi scored the goals
WHAT HAPPENED?
Polokwane City secured a late win as they beat AmaZulu 2-1 in their Premier Soccer League opener at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday evening.
Godspower Ighodaro opened the scoring for Usuthu in the 30th minute, but Bulelani Nikani equalised for Rise and Shine in the 45th minute.
It looked like the teams would have to settle for a share of the spoils but Thabang Matuludi proved to be the hero for Polokwane as he fired a stoppage-time goal to seal the host's win after a huge mistake by Veli Mothwa.
WATCH MOTHWA'S COSTLY MISTAKE
Veli Mothwa with a huge mistake 😯
— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) September 14, 2024
His error hands all three points to Polokwane City 😫#BetwayPrem | @Betway_za pic.twitter.com/iQ8BFQJCQX
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Ighodaro marked his debut for AmaZulu with a goal as he sent a message to his parent club, Mamelodi Sundowns who are under the guidance of Manqoba Mngqithi.
Polokwane, on the other hand, were without their star attacker Oswin Appollis who is on the radar of Kaizer Chiefs. It remains to be seen whether the Bafana Bafana star will leave Rise and Shine in the near future.
WHAT NEXT?
AmaZulu will have to swiftly forget about the loss to Polokwane and prepare for their next assignment which is against Chiefs on September 25.
Meanwhile, Polokwane will play against PSL newbies Magesi FC in the Limpopo Derby next week on Saturday.