AmaZulu FC aqale ngegiya esiphansi kuBetway Premiership ngesizini ka-2024/2025, eshaywa yiPolokwane City ngo-2-1 e-Old Peter Mokaba Stadium ngoMgqibelo ebusuku. Usuthu lulahlekelwe ngamaphuzu amathathu njengoba iPolokwane City iphumelele umdlalo ngomzuzu wokugcina.
AmaZulu yiwo abone ipali kuqala ngesiwombe sokuqala, lapho umgadli wabo omusha, u-Etiosa Ighodaro, engqofele phakathi ibhola eliphaselwe nguRiaan Hanamub ngomzuzu ka-30. Bekuyigoli elibalulekile lika-Ighodaro, osetholwe yiqembu ebolekiswe yiMamelodi Sundowns. Lo mgadli uhlonzwe njengomunye oyisethenjwa ngokuqhakambisa leli qembu kulo nyaka.
Noma AmaZulu eqale kahle futhi ekhombisa amandla okuphumelela umdlalo, iPolokwane City ibuye ngamandla yalinganisa ngaphambi kokuphela kwesigaba sokuqala. Ngomzuzu ka-45, uBuleleni Nikani wePolokwane City ushayeigoli ngekhanda ebholeni elilandelwe yi-free kick kaCole Alexander, alizwe ngendaba uMothwa. Lokhu kufake umfutho eqenjini lasePolokwane futhi kunikeze AmaZulu umsebenzi onzima wokuthola amaphuzu kulesi sigaba.
Ngesiwombe sesibili, AmaZulu aqhubekile nokuhlupha ezitobheni zePolokwane City. Umdlalo ubulokhu undikindiki, omabili amaqembu ebezama ukulawula isimo kodwa iPolokwane City ikhombisa ukuhlasela ngendlela ephumelelayo.
Ngomzuzu wokugcina womdlalo, iphutha elenziwe nguVeli Mothwa, obengukaputeni, lihlabe Usuthu enhliziyweni. Uhlulekile ukubamba ibhola eligoqiwe nguPuleng Marema, elidlale phezu konyawo lukaThabang Matuludi, washaya igoli lokunqoba.