Letsoalo then rattled the crossbar from the edge of the box after he was afforded acres of space by the poorly organized Chiefs defence. Royal AM came close to netting their second of the after as Ndumiso Mabena blasted his left-footed shot wide of Akpeyi’s goal.Ĭhiefs were presented with two good chances inside the opening six minutes of the second half but Castro and Dolly failed to connect with balls played into the box.Īrthur Zwane made changes as he wanted some fresh legs upfront with Khama Billiat entering the field from the bench and Castro coming off.īilliat produced a moment of brilliance as he played a cross into the Royal AM box but Parker and Nkosingiphile Ngcobo fail to tug it away as they go for the same ball after 70 minutes. Letsoalo stepped up and sent Daniel Akpeyi the wrong with a coolly taken penalty to give Royal AM the lead after 38 minutes. Parker then gave away a penalty by tackling Mkhize from behind inside the Chiefs box. Leonardo Castro then hit the upright from a Keagan Dolly pass inside the small box, and Royal AM would consider themselves very fortunate from the incident. However, his attempt shot was too weak as Nyame makes a comfortable save to keep the scoreline at 0-0. Siyabonga Ngezana came close to opening the scoring after some sloppy defending by Royal AM early in the game. Victor Letsoalo scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot that was given away by Bernard Parker. Kaizer Chiefs suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Royal AM in a match that was played at Chartsworth Stadium on Sunday.