{"id":142506,"date":"2012-07-22T07:22:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T07:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/07\/south-africa-cape-town-team-holds-man-united-to-draw\/"},"modified":"2012-07-22T07:22:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T07:22:11","slug":"south-africa-cape-town-team-holds-man-united-to-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/07\/22\/south-africa-cape-town-team-holds-man-united-to-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Cape Town Team Holds Man United to Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cape Town \u2014 Ajax Cape Town played out to a thrilling 1-1 draw with Manchester United at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

What had been a bitterly cold and rainy winter’s day in the Cape made way for a relatively sunny afternoon by the time the players took the field at a packed stadium.<\/p>\n

Early action saw Manchester United enjoying most of the ball possession but, for the most part, finding themselves unable to ply open a well-organised Ajax defence.<\/p>\n

The first real chance, however, came from the other end of the field as Terror Fanteni played in Khama Billiat on 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

But the Zimbabwean lacked composure as he skewed a 20-yard effort wide with only keeper Ben Amos to beat.<\/p>\n

Five minutes later, and a flowing move ended with the ball worked to Fanteni, but his shot on the turn was blocked.<\/p>\n

Billiat then came close to earning a penalty when his speed resulted in Scott Wooton conceding a free kick just outside the box.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils’ first proper opportunity came in the 35th minute when Antonio Valencia whipped the ball onto Javier Hernandez’s head, but the Mexican’s effort was well-saved by Sander Westerveld.<\/p>\n

Three minutes before the break, the home side should have gone ahead when they broke quickly up-field, with Billiat and Paul Rusike finding only Rio Ferdinand back to defend, but Billiat made a real hash of the situation and the chance was wasted.<\/p>\n

The half nearly ended with a goal for Manchester United, but Hernandez was just not able to get a touch on Michael Carrick’s ball across the mouth of the goal.<\/p>\n

The Old Trafford side started the second half with added intensity and Hernandez twice came close to scoring in a blistering five minute spell.<\/p>\n

Shinji Kagawa was within inches of scoring his first club goal, on the hour mark, when he saw his header strike the woodwork after a great cross from Hernandez.<\/p>\n

Ajax grew stronger as the game went into the final 15 minutes and could only watch as Fanteni’s near-post shot almost beat Amos, who did well to get down and make the save.<\/p>\n

The game needed a hero and it came in the unlikely form of Alcardo van Graan, who netted an 86th minute goal with a flick-on from a corner.<\/p>\n

The lead only lasted five minutes as Bebe scored from close range in injury time after some good work by Nick Powell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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