From penalty shootouts to cup-winn ing goals , SoccerClub adds up the MTN8
O – The number of shootouts that occurred in the 2011 MTN8. Makes a pleasant change from previous years.
3 – The number of goals that the MTN8’s leading scorer, Ajax Cape Town’s Terror Fanteni, scored in the 2011 tournament.
6 – The minute in which the fastest goal of the 2011 MTN8 was scored – by Orlando Pirates’ Thulasizwe Mbuyane in their semi-final first-leg match against Mamelodi Sundowns.
107 – The minute of the final in which Oupa Manyisa scored the all-important winning goal.
4 – The number of major trophies Orlando Pirates have now won in the space of a year. The 2010 and 2011 MTN8s, 2010-11 Absa Premiership and the 2011 Nedbank Cup.
22 – The number of goals that were scored by all teams in the 2011 MTN8.
31 – The number of major trophies won by Pirates since the start of the NPSL in 1971.
1988 – The year in which Orlando Pirates had last beaten Kaizer Chiefs in a cup final, the replay of the Bob Save Super Bowl final which The Buccaneers won 2-1.
13 – The number of MTN8 finals that Orlando Pirates have played in, winning nine of them. That is six finals fewer than recordholders Kaizer Chiefs, who have won 14 of the 19 MTN8deciders they have played in.
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