NRB back to the top with a five-goal bang
The home side was on the receiving end of NRB disappointment
RICHARDS Bay FC returned to the top of the GladAfrica Championship table with a vengeance this afternoon as they thrashed Platinum City 5-1 at Olen Park Stadium.
The home side was on the receiving end of NRB disappointment and ‘payback time’ after the disappointing last minute loss to Tuks on Wednesday.
Keen to show that the previous defeat was just a minor malfunction and wanting to silence those who predicted they would again slide as the season concludes, Pitso Dladla’s boys were up for the fight from the first minute.
Sakhile Hlongwa put up the champagne performance we had all been waiting for, the big man nailing a hat trick with one first half goal and two in the second before he was substituted with the game done and dusted.
Sibonginhlanhla Mthethwa and Simphiwe Mcineka also netted in the first stanza, with City bagging a solitary, consolation goal seconds before the break.
Dladla kept Wednesday’s same starting lineup, maintaining faith in the players who had kept his side in number one spot for the seven months.
That confidence and great psychology was well rewarded, and with Pretoria University only managing a draw against Cape Town All Stars, this victory – plus the tremendous increase in the ‘goals for’ column – made this the perfect reply to those who doubted.
