The El KASICO!!

There is absolutely no need to tell you which teams are playing this weekend. If you do not know the fixture for this weekend, YOU ARE NOT READING THIS. You are most probably out pruning your little trees.




Let us take this one slowly my dear reader and analyse it to the best of our abilities. History always helps when going into the future and history will tell you a couple of things. Chiefs played Santos and lost. They then went on to beat Orlando Pirates after said loss, after which they dumped the very same Santos they lost to out of this very same cup they are playing for on Saturday evening. Chiefs won this very same cup some months ago. This is what history is telling us dear reader.

Do not fret, dear reader, for history has not forgotten to tell us that a team called Vasco Da Gama beat Chiefs in their last league match. Now, let us ask ourselves, will history repeat itself??Huh?



Orlando Pirates captain once told a gathering of the media that no side had beaten them back to back in the past seasons….or was it season. If I misquote the great captain, well… so be it! Going on this piece of information or fact (or maybe fiction) alone, then we can safely say the Bucaneers will win this game and add yet another trophy to the cabinet they wanted to throw away not so long ago!



What about the respective benches. Cup finals can be won from the bench. An inspired substitution, a great half time pep talk, a tactical change can be the catalyst to a great victory. Dear readers, if I am wrong leave me to my fantasies please. The Pirates substitutions always come at around the same time and 9 time out 10 it’s the same player coming out for the same substitute. Klate or Mabalane comes off for Tlou. This usually happens after 65 minutes of play. Again, if I am wrong, please leave to my fantasies. Vlad is a bit more versatile as you do see different names here and there. So now dear reader if we were to base our prediction on the coach with a better plan B, then the Amakhosi would win the same trophy twice in the same year!



So it`s a tie. It`s penalties, but wait. What about the all important twelfth man?YOU! You are going to will your team to victory, or are you? I have seen The Ghost whistle and boo with their team at one nil up. I have seen the peace lovers throw cabbages on to the pitch. So can the fans turn this one in favour of their beloved teams? I am afraid not. Unless they change in the next few days!



So who will be the game winner come Saturday night?Chiefs have Musona, Nengomashe, Yeye, Yende and national assets Tshabalala and Khune. Pirates have Jali, Ngobeni, Klate and that man who intimidates penalty takers into missing, Josephs.



This is the final! THE EL KASICO!!ABOVE ALL FOOTBALL MUST WIN!!!