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Sport Date: 07 May 2004
GIYANI – Black Leopards added to Dynamos' worries when they crushed them 2-0 in their Castle Premiership league match that was played at the packed Giyani Stadium on Sunday. Sparks started to fly from the onset, with Leopards posing more threats than Ri khomeni ri nga peli.
Realising that the game was getting hotter with time, the referee, Mr Petros Mathabela, adopted the "no nonsense" approach. It was this approach that saw the Dynamos oldie, Gerald Raphahela, going into Mathabela's book in the 12th minute.
He obstructed Justice Sithole and tore his t-shirt into two pieces. Christopher Netshidzivhe, who had steered Leopards to a 1-0 victory against Sundowns FC two weeks ago, was unfortunate on two occasions. In the first instance, he saw his placekick hitting the crossbar and bouncing back into the field of play with the Dynamos keeper, Duncan Mkhonjwa, well beaten.
A little later, Netshidzivhe suffered the pains of watching his volley missing the target by inches. The homeside replaced Richard Choruma with the Zimbabwean international, Adam Ndlovu, three minutes before the break. The Leopards' left back, Godfrey Ramudzuli, sustained an injury and was replaced with Themba Seli.
Things turned against Dynamos when they were reduced to ten men earlier in the last stanza. Gerald Raphahlela was given his marching orders for punching Justice Sithole with a fist. Sithole was later replaced with Rudzani "Mudagasi" Ramudzuli.
Wonder Nheko of Leopards caused an upset by shooting straight into the keeper's hands, and he was replaced with Wanani Mulaudzi for that. Mulondo Sikhwivhilu received a neat pass from David Solopi in the 70th minute and made no mistake.
His teammate, Kevin Mushangazhike, came close to scoring four minutes later, but his ground cutter went a little wide. Leopards certified the Dynamos' death when a substitute, Rudzani Ramudzuli, blasted in a rocket from within the box.
Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990. He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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