{"id":16879,"date":"2022-11-24T08:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned"},"modified":"2022-11-24T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:12:32","slug":"leopard-stunned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned","title":{"rendered":"LEOPARD STUNNED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Tambuti&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.(1)2<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Mbusiseni 9th, Issa 53rd<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Leopard &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;(0)1<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Arthur 83rd<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MTN Premier League defending champions Royal Leopard suffered yet another midweek shock with a 2-1 defeat in the hands of minnows Tambuti at Ka-Langa Stadium yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This was Ingwemabalabala\u2019s second defeat in a space of a week after losing to rookies Nsingizini Hotspurs last Wednesday before the 1-0 win over Seven Dreams over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Leopard paraded a depleted side as they were without the services of their experienced attacking midfielder Junior Magagula, who picked an injury against Nsingizini and defender Simanga Masangane.<\/p>\n<p>The police side created spaces in search for the opener, but the Tambuti rearguard stood firm.<\/p>\n<p>Decision-Making<\/p>\n<p>The home side drew first blood in the ninth minute through a Mbusiseni Motsa simple tap-in inside the box, which stunned the opposition\u2019s defence. The visitors upped their tempo after the opener, but they were let down by poor decision-making in the final third.<\/p>\n<p>The match went to the breather with Tambuti enjoying a slender advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The second half saw the home side double its advantage eight minutes into restart through international player Issa Serr, who finished off a rebound. Meanwhile, Leopard coach Edwin Matsebula made quadruple substitutions in a bid to restore control inside the field of play by introducing Sifiso Matse, Bongani Ndzimandze, Fanelo Tsabedze and Senzelwe Dlamini for Menzi Sithole , Lungelo Tsabedze, Wandile Simelane and Ntokozo Gamedze respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, Leopard\u2019s new signing Thembisa Shabangu missed numerous scoring chances, thus he was later substituted for Ghanaian striker Arthur Richards.<\/p>\n<p>The West African player rewarded his coach handsomely as he pulled one back for the visitors, who made no mistake and scored from the left wing beating Tambuti goal minder Ncedo Mamba with only eight minutes remaining on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Richards collided with Ncedo during that scoring moment, forcing a prolonged 11 minutes of added time, where Tambuti stood firm until the end to condemn the star-studded opponents to their third defeat, in what was Tambuti\u2019s first win of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. 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This was Ingwemabalabala\u2019s second defeat in a space of a week after losing to rookies Nsingizini Hotspurs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-16879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LEOPARD STUNNED - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tambuti.......................................................(1)2Mbusiseni 9th, Issa 53rdLeopard ... ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LEOPARD STUNNED\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tambuti.......................................................(1)2Mbusiseni 9th, Issa 53rdLeopard ... ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-24T08:50:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-24T16:12:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669267310.36.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"409\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"LEOPARD STUNNED\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-24T08:50:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-24T16:12:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned\"},\"wordCount\":349,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669267310.36.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/leopard-stunned\",\"name\":\"LEOPARD STUNNED - 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