Kaizer Chiefs shocked by second-tier club in South African Cup
Issued on:
07/02/2021 - 19:10
2 min
Soweto (South Africa) (AFP)
Record 13-time South African FA Cup winners Kaizer Chiefs suffered a shock 2-1 first round loss at home to second-tier Richards Bay behind closed doors in Soweto on Sunday.
Thabani Dube gave the visitors a half-time lead at the 90,000-capacity Soccer City stadium by nodding a corner past Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi at the far post.
Chiefs were reduced to 10 men midway through the second half when Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya was sent off after a second yellow card.
But this handicap did not prevent Chiefs levelling on 76 minutes when fallen Colombian Leonardo Castro still managed to push the ball past goalkeeper Malcolm Jacobs.