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00:00As the opening weekend's headline fixture gets underway
00:05and you can really sense the anticipation here
00:09especially amongst Chiefs fans
00:11who have just been pining for an upturn in fortune
00:14over the last few years
00:16Oh, look at this, early mistake from Marumo Gallance
00:18Rangetsu Nobiru, the former Gallance man
00:21who had such a successful season with them
00:23Made 119 league appearances for Zinedine
00:28Kabaddi to Ma'aunga, flung to the ground
00:30and how feisty and fiery he can get
00:33Now they've taken the free kick quickly
00:35This is looking good
00:36Malanguani rolls it back across
00:38The deflected effort is in
00:40How about that from Marumo Gallance?
00:42A sustained spell of pressure has yielded the goal
00:51Well scored by Chris Zitone
00:55Who had only ever featured in one season in the top flight
01:01has spent the bulk of his time
01:04Look at the impact he has here
01:06against one of the biggest teams in the land
01:08You see, the trick to that was the early start
01:11catching Chiefs flat-footed
01:13and good play
01:15I think Malanguani is the one that delivers the cross
01:18into the box
01:20and that is where I think Chiefs lost the plot
01:23by not being alert and ready to defend
01:25when the start happened
01:27Was it deflected? Did it deflect from the defender?
01:29Now was it heading on target from Zitone
01:31before it took that touch of Ignacio Miguel?
01:36It was indeed, I think it was on target
01:38without a doubt
01:41As Mamelodi sundowns 3-0
01:43Those are their last four opening day results
01:47In fact, that Highlands Park win
01:49is their only win in their last nine openers
01:51There's Chivaviro turns
01:53Many in the stadium thought that had gone in
01:55as it rippled the side netting
02:00Only thing, it's a great turn
02:02Maybe the first touch wasn't the best
02:04but he was able to redeem himself
02:06by clearing himself away from the defender
02:08and opened himself a space for a shot
02:10Moved to Morocco, but now he finds himself
02:12with the Glamour Boys
02:14but trailing in his first competitive match
02:18Gaston Serrino, again towards the back post
02:20There's Merpacross!
02:22That's a wonderful save
02:24by Washington Arubi
02:26who turned 39 years old last week
02:28Unbelievable
02:30I mean from such a close range
02:32almost zero reaction time
02:34but very alert to the danger
02:36It's another great header
02:38by Kroos this time
02:40who jumps the highest
02:42finds the target
02:44but unbelievable save from Arubi
02:46Fantastic leap from Kroos to beat
02:48Manaka in the air
02:50Merpacross would have loved to score
02:52on debut
02:54Gaston Serrino now with the outswinging delivery
02:56It's totally one of a few
02:58Get back to that as
03:00Gaston Serrino's ball is met
03:02by Kroos
03:04who turned it back into
03:06the danger area
03:08then Strobin
03:10vocalizes his discontent
03:12with how easy that was for Chiefs
03:14Did he get a touch though from that shot
03:16because it ends up being a corner
03:18What does that mean?
03:20Does it get up or it came from the defender?
03:22Who
03:24spent
03:26a good year or two
03:28at Supersport United not playing
03:30now to do the Shabbalala
03:32ball
03:34hits the crossbar and down over the line
03:36What a gorgeous goal
03:38from the young man who Naby has put so much faith in
03:40and he has Kaiser
03:42Chiefs back on terms
03:46Shabbalala just stepped it over the goalkeeper
03:48and immediately set it forward
03:50It's a poor kick from the goalkeeper initially
03:52and then it's a long kick
03:54from Kroos if I'm not mistaken
03:56but once again Shabbalala
03:58takes the opportunity to play
04:00apply a little bit of pressure to Mattiani
04:02the ball bounced in his favor
04:04in fact it's Riccotto that tried to clear the ball
04:06bounced off the upright into the back of the net
04:08under a bit of pressure
04:10from Aroubi
04:12very composed is Shabbalala
04:14excellent start
04:16to these young men
04:18a side-footed lob for
04:20particularly effective
04:22now this will fall for Shabbalala
04:24tight angle
04:26oh and the touch
04:28whilst he did manage to get it
04:30couldn't direct the ball towards goal
04:32gets to Serene Shabbalala
04:34unfortunately Shabbalala
04:36I don't think he was looking for Serene on that far post
04:38I think he was taking a shot looking to
04:40maybe hit it with the side or the outside
04:42of the boot so that it gets the kill
04:44towards goal but unspated
04:46by Serene
04:50unfortunately maybe better suited for a right-footed
04:54I guess Serene will have another opportunity here
04:58straight at Daniel Agfey
05:02well Uruguayan
05:04is
05:06certainly entertaining the fans here
05:08and proving what a good acquisition he was
05:10oh brilliant touch
05:14cut out easily by Yusuf Mart
05:16yes
05:18Gaston Sereno once again
05:20launching it upfield
05:22Lange Cibaviro in pursuit
05:24he's got bags of pace taking on Mertziani
05:26turning him inside out
05:28Cibaviro forcing his way through
05:30and forcing Riccotto
05:32behind on the far side
05:34Shabbalala once again
05:36he's another for me he's reading the game very well
05:38he's able to find his way into the areas
05:40where he can profit from crosses alike
05:42there he is
05:44lacking all three by himself
05:46no one willing to pull the trigger
05:50Shabbalala
05:52into the path of Gaston Sereno
05:54silly continues on
05:56Sereno for Cibaviro
05:58Sereno
06:00the former Gallants man
06:02has put it over the top
06:06yes they're not scoring
06:08but you know it's always so positive
06:10when the team is playing on the front foot
06:12creating this nature of passes
06:14what a pass into Cibaviro's path
06:16it's a great save
06:18Agfey makes the save
06:22Agfey starting to organise his wall
06:24he's been screaming trying to line them up
06:26does go direct
06:28and it was a tricky one
06:30for Agfey to be preoccupied
06:32Sereno took it on
06:38he's at a nice saveable height
06:40perhaps if that had dipped earlier
06:42he can contribute
06:44Sereno's ball in
06:46not cleared first time
06:48Shabbalala
06:50and then
06:52Ignacio Miguel
06:54yes
06:56that indeed for me will be a costly one
06:58what happens here
07:00as he tries to unleash the shot
07:02it's blocked and probably caught
07:10Gaston Sereno
07:12continues on
07:14Cibaviro
07:16onside, Cibaviro
07:18great save Agfey
07:20Shabbalala took his time
07:22and it's turned it wide
07:24once a player makes a save
07:26why didn't he get a second touch here at space
07:28but for me that ball was rolling
07:30beautifully towards him
07:32he could have smacked it the first time
07:34now you tell me if he needed a second touch there
07:36but even that second touch
07:38took forever for him to
07:40to unleash
07:42excellent work by Cibaviro
07:44but maybe not wide enough
07:46to kill it past the goalkeeper
07:48potential taker
07:52it's the toilet
07:54looks to have gone direct
07:56maybe just wanted to put it right on top of the
07:58goalkeeper and
08:00Kotso was the man who really threw himself at it
08:02and he nearly got the better
08:04of the goalkeeper because he was coming
08:06cutting in front of the goalkeeper
08:08and the goalkeeper was just standing in one position
08:10very very close
08:16now Duba
08:18oh Duba with the pace
08:20he's brought him down
08:22because there wasn't much left for him
08:24to cover as far as pace
08:26so yes Koppi
08:28this is Kotso now
08:30on second thought
08:32the referee is taking
08:34his time to consider
08:36it
08:38if he stays
08:40against Le Mans for golden hours
08:42there it is
08:44across slipping a ball through
08:46here for Serrino
08:48in turn finds Duba
08:50Mandina Duba
08:52to the edge of the area
08:54oh what a goal
08:56oh my goodness
08:58oh what a beauty
09:00teenage sensation
09:02and here's a new dynamic
09:04to the Kaiser Chiefs play
09:06look how quickly they move the ball upfield
09:08with the pass for me is where the key
09:10happened and then obviously Duba here
09:12I thought he actually delayed with the cross
09:14but he picked the
09:16better one but Mars
09:18had to do something
09:20more beautiful by just keeping
09:22that ball knowing that Mfundu was behind
09:24him
09:26then from there it was clear
09:28what needed to be done there
09:30Kelsit way past Daniel Abbey
09:32Abbey
09:34I mean Mars did beautifully
09:36he's the one that saw this opportunity
09:38could have actually taken it