Kaizer Chiefs has been given many labels in their history. They have been called the Glamour boys , the Soweto Giants or even the cup kings.
Today, It is close to impossible to recognize or identify the club with any of these labels.
My young brother, a 9 year old Kaizer chiefs supporter would dispute any one that calls kaizer chiefs the Glamour boys or the cup kings because since he was born he has never seen the Amakhosi faithfuls win a trophy. Their football display or playing styles in the past years is not what one necessary would consider to be ‘glamorous’.
Managers have come and gone but no one has been able to win something with the team that has won everything. A team that has won the most amount of trophies in the history of South African football(93).
There are those that came close( like Ernst Middendorp and Gavin Hunt) but not close enough to bring back silverware to Naturena.
Dan ‘Dance’ Malesela a former Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns footballer that used to dance on the pitch and now he teaches the new generation how to tango.
Dan ‘danced’ his way to winning TS Galaxy their only top flight trophy in the Nedbank against the ‘infamous’ cup kings Kaizer chiefs.
He came close to repeating the same feat with Marumo Gallants but lost the final against arguably one of the best football clubs in Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns. (1-0)
TS and Marumo Gallants were not just finalists in the Nedbank cup, they played possession football that looked good on the eye yet it was efficient( enough to take them to finals).
The respective teams had the confidence and patience to keep the ball for as long as they can while looking for spaces to open the oppositions defence in order to convert.
Dan Malesela has proven that he does not need expensive players to win silverware. Bobby Motaung and co hate spending money but they loving winning trophies. This makes Dan ‘Dance’ Malesela and Amakhosi a match made in heaven.
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