Speaker Ndzandzeka did his best to try and control ‘the house’ but he seemed to lose the battle with ‘every point of order’ as he made erratic calls against the hosts.

The Brazilian’s stocky magician, Lucas Ribeiro’ didn’t only wave his wand, but he sharpened his ‘umkhonto wesizwe’ as he pierced through Pirates’ players for an awesome strike.Ribeiro picked up a loose ball from his own half before sizzling past four markers to drill his shot past Sipho Chaine to send the house into a frenzy, while stunning the Ghost.

Pirates’ very own ‘Dr Bae’ was the main culprit for that goal, having tried his trickery moves in front off the ball, only to lose possession, leading to Sundowns’ attack.

Chaine did well in ensuring that the address was not rendered a non-contest by half-time as he made a one-hand save to block Shalulile’s effort from close-range before half-time.

Given that they were trailing and had hardly formed constructive passes to trouble Williams, you’d have expected coach Jose Riveiro to launch ‘Trump card’ up his sleeve in the second half.But it wasn’t to be. Pirates, though, returned with a better game-plan from the half as they took the game to the hosts who usually lose momentum at this stage.

Their efforts were duly rewarded. Hotto brought his own piece of ‘umkhonto wesizwe’ as he cut through Sundowns and launched an effort that took a deflection and beat Williams in goal.Ribeiro, though, yet again proved why he’s the ‘president of big occasions’.

He drilled a hard and low shot past Chaine after connecting well with Iqraam Rayners’ shot in front of goal.With their ‘land already expropriated’ with a two-goal deficit, Riveiro didn’t hold back. His subs included replacing defensive midfielder Makhehleni Majhaula for attacker Mohau Nkota.

Riveiro and his men paid the heavy price for that as Mokoena gave ‘resounding closing remarks’, unleashing a thunderbolt past Chaine in goal to deliver a keynote address.Click here to edit this text.

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