KAIZER CHIEFS vs FREE STATE STARS
Dear reader, I wish I could tell you that Chiefs are already through to the semi finals. Just looking at the squad sheets I could certainly make a good case for it, but alas no. This game is not as lopsided as it looks on paper.The irony is that it is Chiefs` superiority that their problem here. Every coach will tell there is very little or no motivation needed for the players when they are going to face The Mighty Amakhosi! Free State Stars will be pumped up for this one and as Swallows can attest, teams with nothing to lose can be very dangerous. In my most humble opinion, it will be up to Chiefs to kill off the Stars spirit and game early. Very early!
The Ball says a Chiefs win.
SANTOS vs MPUMALANGA BLACK ACES
Boebie Solomons said he would like to get the big guns out of the way early in the cups. The draw did not give him a big gun. Instead he finds himself facing a team that visited the south of Johannesburg twice and won twice. Having said that, Aces went on to lose to Free State Stars. According to Rodger De Sa, Santos “suck you in” and then hit you when you least expect it. I can safely say sucking will not work against Aces and what`s more the boys from Mpumalanga can play in the wind and rain, again I refer you to the Dube Birds. As I have already stated they have already won two times away from home. I will not go into the details of these defeats for fear of saddening some happy people. So Santos will have their work cut out come Saturday.
Christal Ball says both teams should seriously practice taking penalties.
SUPERSPORT UNITED vs ORLANDO PIRATES
The Christal Ball developed cracks on this one. The wounded lion that is Supersport United meets a somewhat rejuvenated Pirates side. I think a lot will depend on Ruud Krol`s starting line up. In the two games that he has started with Ngobeni and Jali in the middle, Pirates has run riot. As always I have someone to refer you to. It is not Moroka Swallows this time but rather the youthful Ajax Cape Town. If you do not believe them you can go ask those rich boys from Chloorkop. However if you add a little bit of luck to Supersport`s performance against Chiefs last Sunday then…..wait! On Sunday they were thwarted by Bafana Bafana number one and this Saturday the boys from Pretoria/Tswane will be facing the other national team number one. Supersport look to be missing something this season but with hope of retaining the title dwindling they could look to the cups to salvage their season.
The Christal Ball went blue before cracking in 100 different places. Supersport win.
MARITZBURG UNITED vs MAMELODI SUNDOWNS
Can you say “Upset”. This one has an upset written all over it. Sundowns have had so many players on their books one would be hard pressed to find a PSL club without a former Mamelodi Sundowns player. Maritzburg does indeed have players that used to ply their trade in the Brazilian colours. A deflected shot was all it took to get Maritzburg to this stage of the competition. They might a few more than one on Sunday. Even without the Killer instinct (Mphela), Sundowns have looked like it`s just a matter of time before they unleash on a very unfortunate team. Maritzburg could very well be that team.
After glueing The Christal Ball together it did the samba before turning blue again. Sundowns win.
Christopher Dube
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