Orlando Pirates edge Simba SC on penalties to book semifinal date with RS Berkane

South African giants Orlando Pirates endured a nail-biting penalty shootout on Sunday night to see off Simba SC in the quarterfinals of the CAF Confederations Cup.

With nothing to separate both sides after 210 minutes of football, Richard Ofori's final penalty kick sent Orlando Pirates to the semifinals from the Orlando Stadium and at the expense of their Tanzanian visitors. 

Orlando Pirates will join Al Ahli Tripoli, TP Mazembe, and RS Berkane in the last four of Africa's second-grade club cup competition.

Shomari Kapombe put Simba in the driving seat with a 1-0 first leg victory seven days ago but Orlando Pirates were motivated to overturn the advantage in front of their home fans.

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The hosts were holding on well until Chris Mugalu was given his marching orders in the 58th minute by the VAR. Two minutes later, Kwame Peprah gave the Pirates the lead on the night and levelled things on aggregate. 

There was little to separate them over the next one hour of football and both teams entered a penalty shootout to defend the victors.

 Jonas Mkude and Enoch Baka failed to score Simba's first and third penalty kicks respectively while Ghanaian goalkeeper Richard Ofori took the final spot-kick that sent Orlando Pirates through.

In the final quarter-final clash of the 2021/22 CAF Confederations Cup, RS Berkane held on to eliminate Al Masry with the away goal rule in the early hours of Monday.

The 11pm (Nigerian time) kick-off at the Stade Municipal de Berkane saw the home side trying to overcome a first-leg 2-1 defeat from the Port Said Stadium in Egypt a week ago.

RS Berkane knew they needed to score to have a chance of progressing to the semifinals and they were aided by Al-Masry's Yaser Hamed when the centre-back handled the ball in the area.

Youssef Alfahli converted the penalty in the 7th minute and that proved to be the winning goal despite a total of 33 shots fired off by both teams cumulatively.

RS Berkane will slug it out with TP Mazembe in the semifinal of the 2021/22 CAF Confederations Cup with the first leg scheduled for Sunday, May 8 in Tanzania.

The return leg will be hosted by RS Berkane at the Stade Municipal de Berkane, Morocco on Sunday, May 15.