{"id":463393,"date":"2018-02-11T10:01:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T10:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/11\/bernard-morrison-bags-brace-as-orlando-pirates-edge-ajax-cape-town\/"},"modified":"2018-02-11T10:01:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T10:01:24","slug":"bernard-morrison-bags-brace-as-orlando-pirates-edge-ajax-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/11\/bernard-morrison-bags-brace-as-orlando-pirates-edge-ajax-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Morrison bags brace as Orlando Pirates edge Ajax Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 11 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/11579880.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bernard Morrison\" title=\"Bernard Morrison\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Bernard Morrison<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518343284_872_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Bernard Morrison scored a quick-fire brace to lead Orlando Pirates to a 2-0 win over Ajax Cape Town in a Nedbank Cup Round of 32 clash at Orlando Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian winger scored the only goal of the game in league victory over their opponents at the same venue earlier this season, and architected their demise once more on a wet evening in Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>The Urban Warriors started the brighter of the two teams and went close through Tendai Ndoro in the early exchanges. The Zimbabwe intentional curling a shot wide of goal before seeing his volley attempt fly well off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>Pirates duly found their rhythm and opened the scoring in the 42nd minute following a sustained spell of pressure: Morrison with the finishing touches from close range after Justin Shonga burst in behind the Ajax Cape Town defence.<\/p>\n<p>The Buccaneers doubled their lead three minutes following the interval as Morrison applied a composed finish to a blistering counter-attack.<\/p>\n<p>Pirates continued to dominate proceedings in Orlando, but failed to add to their scoreline with Ajax Cape Town enjoying some success in attack late on.<\/p>\n<p>Ndoro squandered another chance in added time as the Urban Warriors surged forward, but it was not to be for the visitors on what was a disappointing night for those who traveled from Cape Town.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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