An absolute peach of a strike from teenage sensation Wandile Duba helped Kaizer Chiefs land their first win of 2024. The academy graduate started ahead of established centre forward Ashley du Preez and found the back of the net in their duel with Golden Arrows – ending Amakhosiβs five-hour goal drought!
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Abafana Bes’thende started the match brightly and had chances to take the lead. Nqobeko Dlamini forced goalkeeper Bruce Bvuma into making a save within the opening five minutes, but Duba made the Kwa-Zulu Natal based outfit pay. The hosts opened the scoring in the 11th minute when the nineteen-year-old received the ball outside the box from Pule Mmodi and unleashed a curling effort that found its way into the top right-hand corner and had Sifiso Mlungwana rooted to the spot.
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— Sahil Ebrahim (@sahil_e_) March 6, 2024
19 year old Wandile Duba opening his account for Kaizer Chiefs.π‘ pic.twitter.com/DVjcCq7sJL
The solitary goal of the game was enough to hand Kaizer Chiefs a hard-fought victory in their DStv Premiership bout, but it was not for a lack of trying from their opponents. It was another impressive performance from Bvuma who denied Angelo Van Rooi just after the half-hour mark. Knox Mutizwa thought he had equalised shortly after the second half resumed, however, his goal was ruled out for offside. In the end, it was Duba’s first goal in the South African topflight and Kaizer Chiefs colours that handed his side the three points.
πππ©ππ‘ ππ’ππ‘π¦π’π‘ π’π‘ πͺππ‘ππππ ππ¨ππ@KaizerChiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson shares his thoughts on 19-year-old striker Wandile Dubaβs after his substitute appearance in the goalless draw against @Moroka_Swallows.
— Mthokozisi Dube (@dube_mthoko) March 3, 2024
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The victory snapped Cavin Johnsonβs four match winless run across all competitions, ahead of their highly anticipated encounter with Orlando Pirates in Saturday’s Soweto Derby. Impressively, Chiefs come into that one with 10 league clean sheets to their name, from just 19 topflight fixtures. Indeed, thatβs as many as they recorded throughout all of last season (30 matches). A feat made even more impressive when you realise there has been three shot stoppers in between the sticks at Kaizer Chiefs this season β¦
Written by Desh Parthab