Chiefs reclaim the Glory!



Chiefs celebrate league victory after 1 all draw with Supersport. Pic: Soccer Laduma





Tshepo Ntsoelengoe

You can go anywhere in the world, and every football manager  will tell you that consistency wins a team the championship title, and that is exactly how Kaizer Chiefs won it.

Without any doubt, that is how teams like Manchester United and Barcelona to mention a few win league titles.

Taking one game at a time and keeping the winning momentum is some of the key elements that push a team to go through the whole season with an unfortunate one or two loses in the season.

The Mighty Amakhosi have been on top of the log since the beginning of the season and were always on top of their game, Something that was not there in the previous seasons.

It must be said that Stuart Baxter, who is on his first season with the Soweto giants has brought in some light and hope for the glamour boys. The Scottish however, started with some bad critics with most of the Chiefs fans not really believing in his capabilities after his spell with European country Finland.

And the teams 3-1 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN 8 hugely raised more eyebrows for the faithful Chiefs supporters as they thought the management had made a wrong decision by bringing him (Baxter) to Naturena.

But that thought was all to fade away following a number of good results and beautiful display of football from the players. The team as a whole had done fantastically well, but for individual brilliance, players like Bernard Parker and Itumeleng Khune have to stand up among the rest as they have done enormously well throughout the season.

Parker is among the league’s top goal scorers with twelve goals second behind Mamelodi Sundowns goal poacher, katlego Mphela finding the back of the net thirteen times. The forward has not only been scoring goals for Chiefs, but he has also been a key player for them as he has been influential in some of the goals being scored by his teammates.

Chiefs have been great this season, but their job is not done yet as they still have to take part in the Nedbank cup final against Supersport over the weekend. Should Chiefs win the Nedbank cup, it would really be an incredible and successful season for Baxter.