Baroka Eliminate Defending TKO Champs To Advance To Last Eight

Telkom Knockout
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Result: Baroka 1-0 Cape Town City

Date: 29 October 2017

Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium

Talent Chawapihwa's first-half goal secured Baroka's passage to the Telkom Knockout quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Cape Town City.

City got off to a good start and fashioned the first opportunity of the game in the fifth minute when Thamsanqa Mkhize made a run down the wing and put in a delivery in the box. Unfortunately, Roland Putsche failed to make decent contact with the ball as his effort went wide.

Moments later, Baroka put a cross in the box which Mkhize failed to deal with but Sage Stephens reacted brilliantly to prevent Mzwanele Mahashe from scoring.

Talent Chawapihwa broke the deadlock with a thunderous strike in the 15th minute to give Baroka a 1-0 lead.

Bakgaga were untroubled for the remainder of the half and went into the break with their slender lead.
In a rather uneventful second half, Gift Motupa found himself through on goal from the right side in the 67th minute but failed to get a shot away as he tried to beat a defender instead of having a shot at goal.

Motupa had a chance again after taking on Tshepo Gumede only to see his eventual effort sail over the bar.

Baroka held on to seal their passage through to the last eight with the victory knocking out the defending champions, who have now suffered defeat for the fourth straight game in all competitions.

Here's how they lined up:

Baroka: 16 Vries, 3 Mahashe, 12 Motupa, 2 Kgoetyane, 4 Madubanya, 15 Mothupa, 7 Chawapihwa, 6 Shaku, 21 Moeti, 13 Sisumo, 8 Mdantsane.

CT City: 32 Stephens, 5 Edmilson, 16 Johannes, 27 Gumede, 2 Mkhize, 26 Nodada, 10 Patosi, 19 Putsche, 7 Lakay, 24 Masina, 17 Obinna.

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