On Friday night, Stellenbosch FC pulled off a remarkable comeback to defeat Cape Town City 3-2 in a thrilling Cape derby. The Citizens had taken an early lead when Lorenzo Gordinho opened the scoring within the first five minutes with a close range finish for his first goal for the club. Gonzalez then doubled the lead for the visitors with a strike in the six-yard box with a chip over goalkeeper Sage Stephens. However, Stellies refused to be outdone and Titus reduced the deficit on the stroke of halftime with a shot from out of the box.
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Stellenbosch 3️⃣-2️⃣ Cape Town City
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Steve Barker’s men came back from the break fired up and Titus restored parity ten minutes later with a shot into the far corner to complete his brace. With the game up for the taking in the last 20 minutes, Barker threw in the fresh legs of two strikers Sinethemba Mngomezulu and Antonio Van Wyk. His instincts were proved to be right in the dying minutes as Mngomezulu fired home the winner with a composed shot into the top corner against the run of play.
The win took Stellenbosch up to 12th on the table while City remain in seventh place.
