Kaizer Chiefs supporters will get to enjoy some Amakhosi matches in between family time this month.
KAIZER CHIEFS FIXTURES IN DECEMBER
According to the Premier Soccer League schedule, Nasreddine Nabi’s team will be found in places like Polokwane, Mbombela and Durban.
- Sunday 8 December: Polokwane City vs Kaizer Chiefs – Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.
- Monday 16 December: TS Galaxy vs Kaizer Chiefs – Mbombela Stadium.
- Friday 29 December: Kaizer Chiefs vs Chippa United – Moses Mabhida Stadium.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN RELEBOHILE MOFOKENG
A popular photographer once encouraged Kaizer Chiefs scouts to come and watch Relebohile Mofokeng when he was 13 years old.
Speaking on Mawara Sports Worldwide (MSW) last week, the leading sports photographer Pitsi ‘Vino’ Matlou recalled discovering Mofokeng in Gauteng’s Vaal Triangle. According to Matlou, he called Kaizer Chiefs scouts to come over to Sharpville to watch Mofokeng but missed the opportunity.
Mofokeng later joined the School of Excellence Academy before Orlando Pirates spotted him ahead of his 17th birthday. The youngster became a bright star in the DStv Diski Challenge team before coach Jose Riveiro gave him his first team debut against Royal AM in May 2023.
“With Rele, I first spotted him, I think he was 13, I remember calling some of the scouts at Kaizer Chiefs to say, ‘Hey, guys you need to come to Sharpeville, there’s this young boy here doing magi,’” Vino said on MSW, as quoted by Soccer Laduma.
“Fast forward it’s 2022, he’s at School of Excellence but I’m hosting a tournament and one of the teams invited him. Fast forward I’m seeing talent I’ve never seen before.
“Even on my posts, I told them I’m seeing the prime Thulani Serero in this kid. So ‘my people in football, please come do something with this boy.’ Our relationship [with Mofokeng] is good. I’m a supportive person, Rele doesn’t owe me anything. I did that through my own will. Seeing him do what he’s doing now makes me really happy,” Vino added.
WAS RELEBOHILE MOFOKENG GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT KAIZER CHIEFS?
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