Ajax Cape Town upset Kaizer Chiefs in final
Ajax Cape Town upset Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in Port Elizabeth Saturday in
the final of the first of three annual South African cup football
competitions.
The MTN 8 Cup, played between the top eight finishers from the
previous league season, was won by a goal from veteran striker Nathan
Paulse at a packed 45,000-capacity Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
He was fouled on 55 minutes and converted the resultant penalty, firing past stationary Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune.
Ajax, who had a goal disallowed for offside and were foiled by the woodwork, fully deserved a first success in the competition.
Favourites Chiefs were generally second to the ball and created only
one clearcut chance with Finnish goalkeeper Anssi Jaakkola saving
superbly from Zimbabwean Willard Katsande at the death.
Victory made Ajax eight million rand ($600,000, 530,000 euros) richer in the winners-take-all competition.
Apart from the MTN 8 Cup, South African clubs compete for the League Cup and FA Cup.
