BRAVE FACE FOR KOMPHELA
Chiefs and Pirates slump to silence-inducing derby draw
In what must have been a record 14-minute news conference after a Soweto derby‚ the media were out of questions on yet another draw‚ 1-1 this time‚ between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. Perhaps that was partly because‚ and especially after what transpired at FNB Stadium on Saturday‚ neither of these teams can realistically call themselves Absa Premiership title challengers any longer. And yes‚ realistically‚ that statement does appear to include Chiefs. When you are in fourth place on 35 points from 20 games‚ and the team behind you in fifth are African champions Mamelodi Sundowns‚ and they have 33 from 16‚ then things start to look not so good. Chiefs coach Steve Komphela put on a brave face and said that — on points alone — he believed the race to be wide open. But‚ again realistically‚ Amakhosi are relying on Sundowns‚ and their most dangerous challengers‚ Bidvest Wits (37 points from 18 games)‚ to slip up drastically somewhere between now and late June. Amakhosi went to sev...
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