By Julius Jumah
South African side Free State Stars centre-back Joseph Stanley
Okumu had an impressive display despite a 1 – 3
defeat to Kaizer
Chiefs in a Premier Soccer League (PSL) match played on Tuesday 7 February at
FNB Stadium.
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| OKUMU; Back row, tallest and third right. |
Blocked
The 19-year-old Okumu
featured the entire game and three occasions blocked Chiefs forwards from
making inroads into the 18-yard box. Shabalala opened the scoring with a superb
free kick from 25 yards on the 18th minute before Parker struck from the
rebound after his penalty was saved by goalkeeper Theka Ngobeni.
Zimbabwean Katsande
scored the third with a fine solo effort after wriggling through Free State
defenders to slot home. On the 73rd minute, Mahamutsa converted from a free
kick in what was the visitors’ only goal.
Free State remains ranked
14th on the 16-team, table with 14 points from 16 rounds. Elsewhere, Ugandans
Khalid Aucho and Geoffrey Massa were absent as Baroka
FC lost 1 - 2 away to
Chippa United.
Brian
Onyango
Brian Onyango is expected
to be in action as his Maritzburg United face Polokwane City in one of the four
PSL fixtures set for Wednesday 8 February.
In other news………….
Kenyan defender Josh Lelan, capped once for the national team
Harambee Stars, amassed full minutes as English League Two side Crawley Town
stopped the rot after three successive away defeats as they picked up a
deserved point with a scoreless draw against Blackpool at Bloomfield Roadon
Tuesday 7 February.
Blackpool had the best chance to put the hosts into the lead in
the first half but Neil Danns missed penalty. For the visitors, skipper Jimmy
Smith went closest when he fired just wide in the second half but it was a
contest of relatively few clear-cut chances. There was no shortage of effort
but a draw was a fair result.
Dermot Drummy had rung the changes after Saturday’s defeat to
Stevenage. There was a first start in a Crawley shirt for more than two years
for Conor Henderson and recalls for Kaby Djalo and Andre Blackman, who took the
place of the Josh Yorwerth, as he started a two-match ban while Lewis Young
completed his suspension.
Chance
After some early sparring, Crawley created their first chance in
the 18th minute. Smith chested Henderson’s long pass into the path of Collins,
whose shot was held low down by Sam Slocombe. Two minutes later Reds had a
major let-off. Neil Danns was brought down by Joe McNerney as he burst into the
box for a clear penalty.
But Danns drilled the spot-kick wide of the left-hand post and
Crawley nearly celebrated their reprieve with a goal of their own a minute later
but Slocombe held Henderson’s well struck volley from 20 yards at the second
attempt.
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