During the warm Kaizer Chiefs` veteran striker, Bernard Parker showed lethal precision by hitting the same spot twice. George Maluleke showed his precision by netting all the shots that were teed up for him by the trainer in charge of the drill. The spot that was hit by Parker was a fan that had seated himself on the dusty stand behind the goals at Bidvest Stadium. The first time he was hit it was all giggles and smiles and waves, the second time he was hit I think he did not get in time wave or smile. Point is, Parker missing the nets during warm turned out to be omen as the Kaizer Chiefs strikers went on miss at least four very good chances on their way out of the 2017 Telkom Knockout. Zuma covered up his one on one miss(wonder where he got that from....surname is a hint...) rolling on the turf in absolute pain.
But let`s talk logistics for a while. The stand where the trophy that the two teams were playing on this sunny Saturday did not make it to the stadium. Young men in various swag attire unwrapped the stand with great haste only to find that the trophy that was to sit on said stand was not around. One in saggy swag made a quick phone call and there was shrugging of shoulders from various other young fellows and the show went on. Maybe the winners of TKO from last season are yet to bring back the silverware. I am reliably told it is the only trophy in their display cabinet but enough about Cape Town, for now.
It was a rather absorbing game of football or soccer for all you Yankees. The entrance of a trio of yellowbones in very small shorts caught my eye for a second or two(the wife allows me to look!) so I cannot tell whether Egyptian striker Amal Gaml fell of his own accord or was dropped in the Chiefs area rather early in the first half. I did, however see the entire Bidvest Wits and Kaizer Chiefs benches arise in unison. Gavin Hunt kicked and threw both hands to the heavens while Steve Komphela gestured the sign that a ticket be handed out to Gaml. Referee Gomes is a bit of a penalty giving specialist. All he did in this instance was to rush over and instruct the irate Hunt to calm down.
Willard Katsande, who usually gets a yellow just for walking onto the pitch received one of those kicks you see on WWE a while later. As resilient as his country`s president, the Zimbabwean immediately rose and continued. In fact he was fit enough to go into a challenge with his studs raised just a few actions later. A bookable offence. Young Meyiwa ran interference and in the process put his studs on the foot of the player that had been fouled by Mr Katsande. Eviction! His defence stands that in the act of getting up he put his foot on a leg.... he may need Barry Le Roux to get that red card rescinded. Katsande went in hard on the ref and fourth official, pleading that he was the one who committed the offence. Little did he know that referee had forgotten about him. His customary yellow card was shown to after Meyiwa had trudged off the pitch towards the change rooms.
Straight from that unfortunate incident Bidvest Wits scored what was to be the deciding goal. The head of striker Keene doing the damage. That same head was to be later bloodied by a rather enthusiastic Malongoane. The vertically Chiefs winger climbed all over Keene as he took his duties of doing the right back`s job after the sending off to great heights.
After the break it was all about Kaizer Chiefs strikers missing very good chances to equaliser and even go in front and of course Keene getting bloodied and then being barred from re-entering the field after the Bidvest Wits kit team produced a number-less jersey. The kit manager rushed inside to do some quick fire laundry on the bloodied top before the striker could be allowed back on to the field. All this while the Chiefs fans called for Gomes` head for wasting time.
There was no calling for Steve to fall after the game, with quite few Phefeni Boys fans shouting their support for Steve Komphela and stretching their hands for a handshake with the clean shaven coach.
All that was left was for me to try and figure why our food packs and a fork, spoon and knife inside....? It was the same organisers who left the trophy and brought the stand after all...
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