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Phuthaditjhaba - While the Absa Premiership game between Free State Stars and BidVest Wits finished goalless at the Charles Mopeli Stadium on Sunday afternoon, Student’s coach Roger De Sa will be the happier of the two managers as he claims an away point.
It was end to end action from the opening whistle, but with neither side really taking the ascendency. Instead, it was a half characterised by bad finishing in front of goal.
While the build-up play from both sides was slick and impressive no team could find a goal in the opening 45 minutes.
Stars were the first team to mount an attack in the fourth minute when Noah Chivuta drove forward and unleashed a thunderbolt which sailed narrowly wide of the target.
Three minutes later and Subisiso Vilakazi was the first Wits player to pester the Ea Lla Koto goal with 20-yard shot that also went agonisingly wide of the intended target.
While there was plenty of attacking going on neither keeper was really tested until the 19th minute when Edward Mnqele called Energy Murambadoro into action for the first time.
Murambadoro, though, was up for the challenge and made a great save diving low to his left to parry Mnqele’s 16-yard shot around the post.
Six minutes later, however, and Murambadoro almost gifted Stars the game’s first goal when he spilled a Noah Chivuta cross straight into the path of Ouro Sadate, but he dragged his shot wide from only ten yards out.
For Wits, their best chance of the half came in the 38th minute when Sifiso Vilakazi latched onto a cross with a powerful header which bounced off the top of the Stars crossbar and out of play.
The second half was not much better than the first. Again both sides, much like in the first stanza, had to resort to shooting from long range but with very little effect.
In the end the game filtered out to a goalless draw as both team took a share of the spoils.
Score:
Free State Stars (0) 0
BidVest Wits (0) 0
Teams:
Stars: Mweene, Gilbert, Sadate, Gege, Mashaba, Wome (Gumede 64’), Masehe, Makola (Mashego 61’), Chivuta (Lebyane 73’), Mnqele, Sekgobela
Wits: Murambadoro, Mabizela, Sibande, Phungwayo, Gumede, Myeni, Spencer, Sf Vilakazi (Ritson 82’), Sb Vilakazi (Tshabangu 93’), Fredericks, Jayiya (Chapman 46’)
It was end to end action from the opening whistle, but with neither side really taking the ascendency. Instead, it was a half characterised by bad finishing in front of goal.
While the build-up play from both sides was slick and impressive no team could find a goal in the opening 45 minutes.
Stars were the first team to mount an attack in the fourth minute when Noah Chivuta drove forward and unleashed a thunderbolt which sailed narrowly wide of the target.
Three minutes later and Subisiso Vilakazi was the first Wits player to pester the Ea Lla Koto goal with 20-yard shot that also went agonisingly wide of the intended target.
While there was plenty of attacking going on neither keeper was really tested until the 19th minute when Edward Mnqele called Energy Murambadoro into action for the first time.
Murambadoro, though, was up for the challenge and made a great save diving low to his left to parry Mnqele’s 16-yard shot around the post.
Six minutes later, however, and Murambadoro almost gifted Stars the game’s first goal when he spilled a Noah Chivuta cross straight into the path of Ouro Sadate, but he dragged his shot wide from only ten yards out.
For Wits, their best chance of the half came in the 38th minute when Sifiso Vilakazi latched onto a cross with a powerful header which bounced off the top of the Stars crossbar and out of play.
The second half was not much better than the first. Again both sides, much like in the first stanza, had to resort to shooting from long range but with very little effect.
In the end the game filtered out to a goalless draw as both team took a share of the spoils.
Score:
Free State Stars (0) 0
BidVest Wits (0) 0
Teams:
Stars: Mweene, Gilbert, Sadate, Gege, Mashaba, Wome (Gumede 64’), Masehe, Makola (Mashego 61’), Chivuta (Lebyane 73’), Mnqele, Sekgobela
Wits: Murambadoro, Mabizela, Sibande, Phungwayo, Gumede, Myeni, Spencer, Sf Vilakazi (Ritson 82’), Sb Vilakazi (Tshabangu 93’), Fredericks, Jayiya (Chapman 46’)
