Rollers trounce hapless Lovers
Monday, November 30, 2015
Maano Ditshupo (blue) attempts to tackle Green Lovers Players. PIC : KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Rollers started like a house on fire taking the game to the visitors. The log leaders went ahead in the seventh minute through Sekhana Koko.
The attacker took two defenders for pace on the left flank, cut in to chip over advancing Lovers’ keeper, Kemmonye Nyangane. Rollers doubled the lead 10 minutes later with Lawrence Majawa’s header from a corner kick. The visitors started to get their usual carpet football, but could not break the Rollers’ defence.
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