POLOKWANE City secured a place in the last 16 of the Nedbank Cup following a 3-0 win over African All Stars at the Peter Mokaba Stadium last night.
Goals from Puleng Tlolane, Salulani Phiri and Walter Musona ended the Gauteng ABC Motsepe’s dream of progressing further in the competition.
This was City’s first win this year having last won a match on 14 December when they beat Chippa United 1-0 in the league at the same venue.
On the other hand, the lowly ranked side were eager to avenge last year’s 2-0 defeat in the same round of the Nedbank Cup. The Tsakane based side were hoping to go further in the competition as a motivation to improve their position where they occupy 10th spot.
However, it was City striker Tlolane who broke the stalemate in the 24th minute when he beat keeper Tebogo Dlamini with a low shot from outside the penalty box.
Ironically, Tlolane is the one who ended All Stars fairytale run last year when he scored a brace that booted them out of the competition.
The inexperienced side never gave up fighting as they knocked the ball around trying to unsettle the PSL side after the half-hour mark hoping to grab the equaliser.
Phiri put matters beyond All Stars reach in the 72nd minutes when he unleashed a thunderous shot leaving Dlamini sprawled on the deck after being set-up by Mngomezulu who gave the minnows all sorts of trouble whenever in possession of ball.
Musona hammered the final nail into All Stars coffin with an easy tap-in, while Bheki Shabangu scored the visitors consolation goal from the penalty spot two minutes before full time.
