{"id":22228,"date":"2013-08-29T13:56:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/stars-and-sundowns-premiership-match-results-in-a-draw\/"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:56:35","slug":"stars-and-sundowns-premiership-match-results-in-a-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/stars-and-sundowns-premiership-match-results-in-a-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars and Sundowns\u2019 Premiership match results in a draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=14937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14937 \" alt=\"Teko Modise of Mamelodi Sundowns clears the ball during the Absa Premiership football match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Platinum Stars. Photo: Barry Aldworth \/ BackpagePix\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9a5df_ffa5a979f66687e3dbc00bb19f791498-600x341.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teko Modise of Mamelodi Sundowns clears the ball during the Absa Premiership football match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Platinum Stars. Photo: Barry Aldworth \/ BackpagePix<\/p>\n<p>Platinum Stars scored a late equaliser to hold a star-studded Mamelodi Sundowns to a 1-1 draw at home last night.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilians fans were relieved to see Lebohang Mokoena make his first appearance in almost a year, after a long lay-off after a hip injury. The last time \u2018Cheeseboy\u2019 played for Sundowns in an official match was in September 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Sundowns looked to be on course for a second successive win at the start of the season, after Dove Wome put them ahead 13 minutes into the second half, but an 80th minute reply from Robert Ng\u2019ambi saw Dikwena force a deserved draw.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides created early chances from which they should have claimed the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Wome drove a powerful low shot just wide of the target in the fourth minute, while Siphelele Mthembu clipped the outside of the woodwork at the opposite end of the field just a minute later.<\/p>\n<p>Once the defences settled down, scoring opportunities were a lot harder to come by and it was no surprise that the half ended with the teams still deadlocked at 0-0.<\/p>\n<p>Ng\u2019ambi had the only other notable chance of the first half, finding himself in space on the left side of the penalty area in the 40th minute, but his shot was deflected wide of the near post for a corner-kick. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickoff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KickOff.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Absa Premiership news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/absa-premiership\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mamelodi-sundowns-over-the-limit-for-mtn8-semi-final\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/afce7_195670790_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mamelodi-sundowns-over-the-limit-for-mtn8-semi-final\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mamelodi Sundowns over the limit for MTN8 semi-final<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/new-mamelodi-sundowns-signing-billiat-is-up-for-the-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/afce7_195366295_80_803.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/new-mamelodi-sundowns-signing-billiat-is-up-for-the-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Mamelodi Sundowns signing Billiat is up for the challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mamelodi-sundowns-foreign-signings-spill-over-limit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/afce7_195606012_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mamelodi-sundowns-foreign-signings-spill-over-limit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mamelodi Sundowns\u2019 foreign signings spill over limit<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/why-musa-chose-wits-over-sundowns-and-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/afce7_195670799_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/why-musa-chose-wits-over-sundowns-and-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Musa chose Wits over Sundowns and Pirates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/afce7_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teko Modise of Mamelodi Sundowns clears the ball during the Absa Premiership football match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Platinum Stars. Photo: Barry Aldworth \/ BackpagePix Platinum Stars scored a late equaliser to hold a star-studded Mamelodi Sundowns to a 1-1 draw at home last night. 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