Written by: Kamogelo Mogale
Kaizer Chiefs displayed a masterclass performance and thrashed betWay premiership debutant Orbit College 4-1 at the FNB stadium on Tuesday evening. Amakhosi went into the encounter looking for nothing but maximum points for the second time in a row after following their victory over Durban City in the last league outing, as they have endured a four match winless streak prior to that.
The Soweto giants opened the scoring charts through Mduduzi Shabalala, who converted from a close range from a square pass by Thabiso Monyane in the third minute. The Glamour boys continued creating goal scoring opportunities, showing more dominance in the match but couldn’t convert, as they went into the halftime break leading by a solitary goal.
Chiefs reignited their dominance spark in the second half, which saw Etiosa Ighodaro fired a shot but hit the crossbar. Monyane almost doubled the lead for Chiefs, looking for register his first goal for the club but his shot was deflected. Man of the match Shabalala completed his brace with a strike to double the lead in the 61st minute.
Chiefs briefly went to sleep, with their wastefulness nearly haunting them when Orbit pulled one back through Amanda Lukhele, who headed past Brandon Petersen in the 70th minute. Mfundo Vilakazi restored the roars and cheers all around he calabash as he fired strike into the far corner make the score tally 3-1.
Flavio Da Silva continued where he left on Friday, combining with Gaston Sirino and Shabalala, as he scored the fourth goal in the dying minutes of the game to seal the deal for Chiefs, guaranteeing his side all three points to climb up to second on the premiership table, level on points (22 points) with log leader, Mamelodi Sundowns.
Amakhosi will now start preparations for the upcoming group stage fixtures as their next assignments will be an Egyptian affair as they are to square off against Al Masry on the weekend of the 23rd of November and then Zamalek a week later.
