Correspondent|2018 PSL champions were dealt a heavy blow in their aspirations of reaching the knockout stage of the CAF Champions league as they suffered a 1-0 loss to Horoya FC.

Norman Mapeza’s men went into the match in desperate need of all three points after having lost to title holders Esperance in their last CAF encounter. That loss, along with a 0-0 draw at home to Orlando Pirates meant that the PSL Champions had just collected one point from their opening two matches.

With that having been said, the hosts were somewhat sluggish in the opening half of the crunch encounter as they lacked neither the urgency nor the penetration required to break down their opponents.

To put things in perspective, the hosts only created three chances in the entirety of the first half with none of them hitting the target.

The visitors were the better team as they made more attempts at goal and were soon rewarded in the 51st minute when they were awarded a penalty after some clumsy defending from FC Platinum.

Out stepped Maurice Assoko, and he did not disappoint, slotting the ball into the net to put the visitors ahead.

The hosts seemed to awaken from their slumber after that goal as they tried to claw back into the game but nothing was coming off for them.

If anything it’s the visitors who almost scored again but were denied by some excellent goalkeeping from Mhari.

A few minutes from time, FC Platinum almost got an equalizer but substitute Albert Eonde failed to convert a sumptuous goal scoring opportunity much to the agony of the home fans with Horoya eventually emerging as the winners.

The loss leaves Norman Mapeza’s men at the bottom of the table with just one point from three games and in need of some divine intervention if there are to make it to the knockout stages of the continental competition.