Moremi scores brace as Pirates begin Carling Knockout defence in style

Orlando Pirates started the defence of their Carling Knockout title in fine fashion as they beat Milford FC 3-0 with Tshepang Moremi scoring a brace.

Pirates completed the job in the first half as they took advantage of Milford’s high defensive line to punish them.

Thapelo Mokobodi scored the first goal after 15 minutes when he received a great through pass in behind the defence and he made no mistakes from close range.

Moremi completes his brace

Pirates kept asking the questions and got their second answer in the 34^th minute through a brilliant team goal.

After a good exchange of passes, Pirates pressed the Milford defence and got another ball behind. Moremi was the recipient this time, the winger beating the goalkeeper, before slotting into an empty net from a tight angle.

Pirates completed the day’s task on the stroke of halftime when they overpowered the Milford defence yet again, this time on the counter attack, before Moremi got in behind and found himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper to fire in the third one.

Pirates send Soweto Derby warning

The Soweto giants eased off in the second half with no further goals as coach Abdeslam Ouaddou started managing the minutes of his players ahead of the Soweto Derby on Saturday.

Pirates head into the derby in scary form as they have not conceded in their last four games across all competitions while scoring 11 goals during that period.