Zakhele Lepasa Scores 10th Goal This Season As Orlando Pirates Beat Stellies

Zakhele Lepasa Scores 10th Goal This Season As Orlando Pirates Beat Stellies

Byron Pillay
updated at September 3, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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  • Zakhele Lepasa scored his fourth goal in the MTN 8 when he netted against Stellenbosch
  • Lepasa has found his goal-scoring boots of late and has already notched up 10 goals
  • Orlando Pirates' Lepasa has scored in three different tournaments already this season

Zakhele Lepasa can’t stop scoring this season.

The Orlando Pirates frontman has hit a hot patch for the club and is becoming a huge talking point in local football.

Zakhele Lepasa celebrates after scoring for Orlando Pirates.
Zakhele Lepasa has already netted his 10th goal for Orlando Pirates this season. Image: @Lorenz_KO.
Source: Twitter

Despite it still being so early in the season, Lepasa has already notched up 10 goals.

His 10th came thanks to a beautiful header, which saw Pirates draw level with Stellenbosch FC in the MTN 8.

The attacker has also scored four goals in the MTN 8 and is on course to be considered the player of the tournament once everything is said and done.

As noted by Times LIVE, Lepasa netted a hat trick in the first game of the tournament against Sekhukhune United.

After returning to the team following a loan spell at SuperSport United, Lepasa is definitely proving that Pirates made the right decision when they brought him back into the fold.

Who Lepasa has scored against this season

Opponents

Competition

Goals

Djabal FC Iconi

CAF Champions League

1

Djabal FC Iconi

CAF Champions League

2

Sekhukhune United

MTN 8

3

Stellenbosch FC

MTN 8

1

Royal AM

DStv Premiership

2

Cape Town FC

DStv Premiership

1

Lepasa celebrates like Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo’s influence continues to spread.

Other footballers often use the Portuguese superstar’s trademark celebration, and now it’s made its way to South Africa, Sports Brief reported.

Orlando Pirates’ Zakhele Lepasa hit the famous Siuuu celebration as he scored the team’s opening goal against Sekhukhune United in the MTN 8.

Lepasa pays tribute to Barker

Bafana Bafana have paid tribute to former coach Clive Barker in the best possible way.

Not only did South Africa beat Morocco in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, but the manner in which they did so was also reminiscent of the team coached by The Dog.

It was Zakhele Lepasa’s celebration which got people thinking about the former coach. Lepasa ran with his arms outstretched to mark his goal, mimicking Barker’s trademark flying celebration, Sports Brief reported.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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