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Yagan Sasman of Kaizer Chiefs during the Absa Premiership match between Kazier Chiefs and Bloemfontein Celtic at Moses Mabhida Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Durban, South Africa.
Defender Yagan sasman proved to be the unlikely winner of the match on Sunday when he scored twice Kaizer bosses came from behind to hit Maritzburg United 2-1 in a MTN8 quarter-final clash at the FNB stadium.
After starting the stronger of the two teams, Thabiso Kutumela gave Maritzburg United a well-deserved lead in the 35th minute.
The beginning of Gavin Hunt’s life as the Soweto giant’s new head coach looked to be off to a shaky start as the two sides entered the break with the visitors holding the lead.
Hunt must have had some harsh words with his team during the break, as his team looked like a different team in the second half.
The chiefs were repelled by the wood in the 68th minute before finally equalizing in the 73rd minute thanks to an unlikely source in defender Sasman, who sent the ball home from a corner kick.
Sasman repeated the trick two minutes later, in the 75th minute, but this time he drove in a header home from a Khama Billiat corner kick to give his team the lead.
Here’s how things ended with a relieved Hunt getting off to a winning start.
The Chiefs will face the defending champion Sundowns in a rematch of last season’s title battle this Saturday at FNB Stadium in their first league game of the season.
The start is at 15:30.
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