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Ruthless Pirates thrash Disciples FC to advance in CAF CL

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Relebohile Mofokeng of Orlando Pirates celebrates goal with teammates during the CAF Champions League 2024/25 Preliminary round 2nd leg match between Orlando Pirates and Disciples FC at Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg on 23 August 2024 ©Phakamisa Lensman/BackpagePix

Orlando Pirates advanced to the CAF Champions League second preliminary round following a comfortable 4-0 victory over Disciples FC on Friday evening.

The Buccaneers opened the scoring as early as the eighth minute when Tshegofatso Mabasa turned in the box before unleashing a volley to find the net.

Relebohile Mofokeng doubled his side’s lead in the 24th minute after he calmly found the far corner after a quick one-two with Patrick Maswanganyi.

The Soweto giants added a third goal a minute later when Patrick Maswanganyi found the top left corner following his thunderous strike from outside the box.

The Buccaneers put the game to bed when Karim Kimvuidi scored a stoppage-time goal for Pirates fourth goal of the evening as they advanced to the next round of the competition with a 4-0 aggregate win over Disciples FC.