Seconds before Pirates saw red

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Trailing 2-0 with five minutes to go, Gaborone United (GU) looked dead and buried against Orlando Pirates in their preliminary round CAF Champions League match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was buzzing, the noise of the vuvuzela rising with each passing second, probably signalling the death of GU.

The burden was on one man to transform things on the field. GU coach, Manfred Chabinga looked desolate on the bench but he had not run out of ideas. In fact, he was plotting the downfall of the Mighty Buccaneers.

He rubbed his hands with glee when he saw his opposite number, Rudolf Krol pulling out his potent midfield players midway through the second half. Chabinga, whose Zambian surname means hunter in English, knew he had to move in for the kill.

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