Tremendous Eagles stars Olisa Ndah and Stanley Nwabali have been in motion in Orlando Pirates’ hard-fought 2-1 win over Chippa United on the Orlando Stadium, Soccernet.ng studies.
Ndah captained Orlando Pirates once they welcomed Chippa United of their opening sport of the South African Premier League.
The 2 Nigerian gamers have been integral to their golf equipment in earlier seasons, they usually have been anticipated to proceed in that stead within the new marketing campaign.
Chippa United had a dream begin, as Abdile Jali scored the opener 22 minutes into the fixture. Nonetheless, Nwabali was crushed in stoppage time of the primary half. Tshegofatso Mabasa gained a penalty for Orlando Pirates, and he cooly transformed to attract stage earlier than the break.
Within the second half, Orlando Pirates got here out with their weapons blazing, however they failed to attain. Even Ndah had a purpose try, however it was not ok to hassle the goalkeeper.
Their urgent yielded fruits within the dying embers of the sport, as Monnapule Saleng scored the successful purpose for Orlando Pirates to ensure them the three factors.
Though Nwabali was on the shedding facet, he registered 5 saves, 4 of which have been from contained in the field. The truth is, he was Chippa United’s greatest participant within the sport.
In the meantime, Ndah additionally had a strong exhibiting as he had a 95% go accuracy, and two blocked photographs.