Golden Arrows held   Kaizer Chiefs this afternoon  to  draw 2-2   at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium.

The first 45 saw no action as far as goals were concerned but it did not lack entertaining play from the boys as they took the game to Chiefs from the first whistle. The attacking play was solid and the determination to score was clear. Arrows  had a number of decent plays up the wing, with Conco doing well to get behind the defense and feeding the balls into the box, but  lacked in the finishing and could not break the final line of the Amakhozi defense. The best chance came from  Gumede attempt in the 10th minute which went over the bar.

Chiefs had a number of chances to score too, Castro missed a header as it hit the woodwork and then pushed in the final minute of the first half but were denied by a great save from Mlungwana. This saw the teams going to the break with no goals on the scoreboard.

The second half was completely different! Abafana Besthende did not seem to have as much of the ball as they  did in the first half an had to use possession well. Arrows also  were awarded a penalty in the 49th minute after Nkombelo was taken down in the box by Manyama. Conco made no mistake in his conversion and so began the goal scoring for the half.

Billiat and Castro started putting more pressure on the defense and managed to get behind the line a couple of times.

Castro managed a brace for his efforts, scoring witha header in the 58th minute and then finding the back of the net again the 65th, giving the visitors the lead.

Abafana Besthende  showed great determination and never gave up. Although  did not enjoy the possession, they  would have liked and  made good decisions when they  had the ball on boot. In the 70th minute Sibiya, who had come onto the park just minutes before, curled a great ball in past Khune to equalise.

We go at it again, next week Saturday 28 November when we take on Swallows at Mbombela stadium at 15:30