MTN8 match report | Mdantsane fires Cape Town City into MTN8 semis – 15 August

Cape Town City booked their place in the semi-finals of the MTN8 with a hard fought 2-1 win over AmaZulu at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday.

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Terence Mashego got his first ever goal for Cape Town City following a brilliant solo run past a number of AmaZulu players inside the opening 10 minutes.

AmaZulu tried to come back from the early setback but they couldn’t create any clear-cut goalscoring chances throughout the half.

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City, on the other hand, looked content soaking up the pressure and keeping the ball than going forward, although they did threaten on a number of occasions.

Both teams went into the break with City leading AmaZulu by a goal to nil from that Mashego goal.

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After the restart, Mashego set up Mduduzi Mdantsane outside the AmaZulu box but the City No.10 blasted his effort wide of goal.

McCarthy was up on his feet as Lehlohonolo Majoro failed to convert from a Luvuyo Memela pass, firing wide from inside the box.

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Majoro, however, made amends as he capitalized from a Keagan Buchanan pass in the 54th minute, beating Hugo with a clean finish.

Both sides were still at each other’s throats midway through the second half and the play was balanced with less than 20 minutes of regulation time remaining.

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Usuthu won a free-kick outside the box towards the end of the match, and the resulting free-kick was whipped around the wall only for Hugo to stretch to his left to make a great save.

Mdantsane settled the encounter with a late winner as he navigated past a few defenders before slotting the ball past Veli Mothwa to make it 2-1 to City with two minutes to go.

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STARTING XI

AmaZulu starting XI: Mothwa, Sikhakhane, Zulu, Xoki, Mgwazela, Makhaula Sithebe, Buchanan, Majoro, Memela, Mulenga.

Subs: Mzimela, Moleko, Khumalo, Kunene, Moremi, Maduna, Mlambo, Mthembu, Ntuli.

Cape Town City starting XI: Hugo, Mkhize, Fielies, Mobara, Mashego, Mokeke,  Mdantsane, Makola,  Martin, Ralani, Mayo.

Subs: Mpandle, Mapfumo, Cupido, Morris, Nodada, Makhuoane, Roberts, Diana-Olario.