Glody Lilepo of Kaizer Chiefs celebrates the winning goal with teammates during as they beat Marumo Gallants 1-0 in the the Betway Premiership match at the Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, Bloemfontein on Wednesday. KAIZER Chiefs put an interesting twist to the Betway Premiership title race as they beat a resistant Marumo Gallants 1-0 at the Dr.
Molemela Stadium on Wednesday night to leapfrog arch rivals Orlando Pirates to the number two spot with 30 points at the top of the log table. Glody Lilepo’s Godly strike, and a Goal of the Season frontrunner in the 66th minute was enough to give Amakhosi fans an amplifier as they had already started singing the “return of the glory days” chorus this past weekend. “This one is ours!” Those were the screams from Chiefs fans since Saturday afternoon after their arch-rivals Orlando Pirates fluffed their chances to summit the log standings when they drew 0-0 against title rivals, Sekhukhune United.
“Games in hand are not points!,” as they continued. “They (Pirates) are going to fluff them (games in hand) all! (Mamelodi) Sundowns are not the same (threat as compared to the previous eight seasons when they won the domestic league title back-to-back), this is ours!” Of course the Amakhosi fans were justifiable in their excitement. Last weekend they won their second match of the year as they beat Zesco United 1-0 in Ndola in the Caf Confederation Cup.
