THEMBINKOSI LORCH RADIATE AFTER MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE OVER MARITZBURG UNITED DSTV PREMIERSHIP
Thembinkosi Lorch was named man of the match in the Confederation Cup final and repeated the feat in the league as well
It’s been a complete 180 for Thembinkosi Lorch. The Orlando Pirates star has gone from the lowest of the lows last week to stealing the show last night.
Lorch produced a magnificent Man of the Match display against Maritzburg United, scoring one goal and providing the assists for the other three
. Social media has since been aabuzz Lorch opened the scoring for the Buccaneers with a beautifully curled effort from just inside the 18-yard area.
Speaking after the game, the Pirates star touched on the Buccaneers push for a CAF qualification spot, iDiski Times reported. “We need to push, there’s nothing we can do, we need to push and get maximum points, which we got today.
So the focus is the next game in KZN [against Royal AM] it’s going to be a tough game which we need to prepare well for.
Pirates need to beat Royal AM and SuperSport United to beat Cape Town City to second place in the league standings.
Lorch’s performance comes on the back of a disappointing CAF Confederation Cup final in which he scored Pirates’ equalizer in extra time but went on to have his penalty saved in the shootout.
His penalty would cost Pirates the game and the trophy.
The player did win the Man of the Match trophy in that game as well and has now followed it up with another man of the match outing.
