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00:00game with a massive clean sheet
00:03it's Orlando Pirates against MC Alger for a place in the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League
00:13and what an opportunity
00:18the Buccaneers with that priceless goal to win the first leg
00:27Kota earning a starting spot for his heroine
00:32just his 30th appearance since signing in the summer
00:36from Stellenbosch who themselves
00:39trying to make the semi-finals of the Confederation's Cup
00:43vital block there
00:45the run and then clearing the lines
00:49Ligue 1 crown and last year's party
00:57here are the Pirates
01:00long-range effort
01:02and that would have been
01:04an absolute stunner
01:06only the second loss for MC Alger in 2025
01:11oh great strike there from Bangura
01:15both teams certainly feeling good about themselves
01:19they'll feel much better
01:21Ivan who'd gone through the crowd of white shirts
01:23limited calls for hand balls
01:25Bangura does absolutely brilliantly
01:27and what a ball to switch the play
01:30Akram Burras
01:33Pirates able to get bodies back
01:37the boos ring out
01:40Najee
01:41not the best of balls
01:43but it's still delivered in
01:44and it's headed behind
01:45three sub appearances has shown
01:48why
01:51he's got his starting spot
01:54in this Champions League tie
01:55of great importance
01:56it's swung into the near post
01:58newcomers to the top table
02:03in Africa
02:04Pyramids
02:04who awaits as Bangura
02:06waits on the ball
02:08but the bounce
02:08favouring chain
02:11either needed to pluck it
02:13out the sky
02:14read it better
02:17but it's a big lump
02:18from Moussaoui
02:19wasn't far away
02:23gets the cheers of the crowd
02:27as he just strides through
02:28and then it's a wonderful ball
02:30Incota has to get there though
02:32Magopa waits
02:34but it's over his head
02:35well that's given away cheaply though
02:38the Pirates fans
02:40hearing their numbers
02:42hoping to see something
02:44historic
02:45Incota
02:46plays in Magopa
02:49trying to cut back in
02:50still alive with Otto
02:51looks for Mofopeng
02:54Mofopeng finds Bata
02:57and Ruoyen down the line
03:00Incota
03:01cut back
03:03but can only find
03:04a visiting player
03:06Mofopeng
03:07Mofopeng
03:08set piece cleared
03:13but
03:14balance off his game
03:17in the end
03:19it's a low
03:21near post cross
03:22that
03:23Sekouin
03:24United
03:24it's a strike from distance
03:28for MCA
03:29Mofopeng
03:30Mofopeng
03:32Mofopeng
03:33will have decisions to make
03:34as the match wears on
03:35at the moment
03:36real encouragement
03:38make a big change
03:39whether he might at half time
03:42or at the hour mark
03:43it may depend
03:44stage the matches in
03:46Otto
03:47oh it's a long
03:49ranger
03:49set up
03:50and now
03:51a wonderful ball
03:52whipped in by Otto
03:53fantastic defensive
03:55clearance from
03:55Gazzara
03:56testing the legs
03:58what a challenge
03:59that is from
04:00Sepisi
04:01had to get it
04:02spot on
04:03and as soon as we
04:05entered stoppage time
04:07you thought it might just
04:08quietly
04:09head towards the break
04:12but it has been
04:13a quite fabulous
04:15final minute
04:1644
04:17as the half time
04:18whistle
04:18is
04:19blown
04:20some complaints
04:25from MCA
04:26but it was a
04:27well won
04:28challenge
04:29understandably
04:31Bangura
04:31is going to feel
04:33the after effects
04:34an explosive
04:38end to the half
04:39and now
04:43Calou Traore
04:46is being chased
04:47by half the team
04:49and some coaching staff
04:51not what we want to see
04:53in the fans
04:54certainly showing
04:54what they think
04:55but as things stand
04:58Orlando Pirates
05:01MC Alger
05:02goalless
05:03and most importantly
05:06for the South
05:08so back underway
05:14goalless
05:18on the night
05:19Orlando Pirates
05:20leading
05:20on aggregate
05:22patient build up
05:28from MCA
05:29not panicking yet
05:32that's a really good ball
05:36but two going to it
05:37ball swung in deep
05:46well Hotho
05:47did a great job
05:49on the captain
05:50Abdelhoi
05:5156
05:52both of these clubs
05:58a certain amount
05:59of a rebirth
06:00hear the scream
06:04of Hotho
06:04whether it's
06:05Roman Bata
06:06but it comes
06:06to the midfielder
06:07who links
06:07with his
06:08partner in crime
06:09now another
06:10long ranger
06:11and another one
06:13that wasn't worth
06:14taking on
06:14well this
06:16very much
06:19party atmosphere
06:20inside the
06:21Orlando Stadium
06:22lovely touch
06:25from Mofokeng
06:26he gets the return
06:28from Makopa
06:29oh there was
06:30the final
06:31piece of the puzzle
06:32which was
06:32Dean Otto
06:33in a vital block
06:36for the moment
06:37saves MCA
06:38that's a better
06:39effort from distance
06:40still it comes
06:41six years
06:42from being
06:43runners up
06:44in 2013
06:44to even return
06:45to the group stage
06:46and then they fell
06:48at the preliminary
06:49round
06:50in 2019
06:52and 2023
06:54but they have
06:57come into this
06:58competition
06:58and been
07:00near perfect
07:01they remain
07:02unbeaten
07:03but if MCA
07:04can change that
07:05at the death
07:06we might have
07:07penalties
07:08Burras
07:09but was he
07:10the best option
07:11tells an opportunity
07:13Burras had
07:18bodies in front of him
07:20where the space
07:20seemed to be
07:21elsewhere
07:21long range effort
07:25and
07:26into stoppage time
07:29eight minutes
07:35and it falls
07:36kindly
07:37what a block
07:38to deny
07:39Kipresunon
07:40happy to accept it
07:44long low
07:45and now he gets
07:46a chance to cross
07:47oh it's missed
07:49there
07:49and it's hit the post
07:51the width of the post
07:54away from
07:54conferring their place
07:56in the semi-finals
07:57that would have
08:01been game
08:02set in match
08:03and now it's
08:05all kicking off
08:06tempers flaring
08:13emotions raw
08:15more than anything
08:17MCA
08:18players
08:19also remembering
08:21they've still got a
08:22match to try and win
08:23absolute chaos
08:26well Mofoke
08:30barging into the face
08:33of Merwan
08:35Khalif
08:36and he could be
08:37facing trouble
08:38but here is the
08:39chance
08:40it was a poor ball
08:41but a missed
08:42clearance
08:42and it's some
08:45miss
08:46either way
08:47the corner flung in
08:48still there
08:49chain comes out
08:50gets a punch on it
08:51it's a very good one
08:52danger not over
08:54though
08:54Draui
08:54Ben Hamasa
08:57up in the air
08:58oh he thought
09:00about the volley
09:01it's dead
09:03oh well
09:04is there a penalty
09:05it's a goal kick
09:09well there were
09:10some Algerian
09:11substitutes
09:12on the pitch
09:13Ghazala
09:16trying to hold
09:17back his teammates
09:18the referee
09:18getting bumped
09:19here
09:19well
09:23Van Ruyen
09:24crazy to wait
09:27on that
09:28is there
09:29a very late
09:31delivery
09:31ball into the area
09:33massive header
09:34away
09:35and that
09:37is that
09:39the pirates
09:41have sailed
09:42back to
09:43their glory
09:44days
09:45not since
09:48they were
09:48runners up
09:49in 2013
09:50have they
09:52been to the
09:53last four
09:54of the
09:54CAF
09:54Champions League
09:55that the
10:01year after
10:02their last
10:03South African
10:05title was
10:06won
10:07it took
10:08them six
10:09years just
10:10to get back
10:10to the group
10:11stage
10:11and now
10:14they're in
10:15the last
10:15four
10:16heartache
10:18for MC
10:19Alger
10:19they just
10:22couldn't reel
10:23it back in
10:24a goal ruled
10:25out for
10:25Abdeloui
10:26in the first
10:27leg
10:27is the
10:30biggest
10:31next
10:33to the
10:34next
10:35time
10:36to
10:37the
10:38next
10:39time
10:40to
10:40the
10:41next