By Durell Namasani
After knocking Super League side Mafco FC in the round of 64 of the Castel Challenge Cup, Leyman Panthers FC have again knocked out another giant in the round 32, this time around it is the super league leaders,Silver Strikers who went down 3-4 on post-match penalties after the match ended 2-all in regulation time.
In a match played at Silver Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, Geoffrey Sumani put Panthers in front in the 47th minute and three minutes later, Junior Malidadi doubled the lead direct from a corner kick.
Duncan Nyoni pulled one back for the central bankers in the 77th minute, connecting with a header a corner kick beautifully taken by Mark Fodya and later on scored the equaliser in a similar fashion in the 85th minute.
After 90 plus four added minutes, the match went straight into penalties and it was Panthers who carried the day like they did with Mafco in the previous round.
Uchizi Vunga and Patrick Macheso missed their spot-kicks for Silver while Panthers scored four spot-kicks and only missed one.
