Kaizer Chiefs chances of playing in the Caf Champions League next season are hanging by a thread after they drew 1-1 with Marumo Gallants in the Premiership on Saturday night.
After fellow second place chasing teams SuperSport United and Orlando Pirates won on the weekend, the baton was passed on to Chiefs.
So all that was left was for Chiefs to rack up their win late on Saturday to heat up the pressure for the No 2 spot, instead they dropped two crucial points at home.
That was to Amakhosi’s own doings having led against a Gallants team that’s stuck in the doldrum of relegation fight despite qualifying for the Caf Confederation Cup quarter-final.
Gallants, moreover, hung on for the crucial point to leapfrog Maritzburg United to 15th on the log standings, easing the pressure that’s been on the club of late after the capture of their officials in Libya.
Having won five games on the bounce, Chiefs were the favourites as they were eyeing their sixth victory in succession,
And resplendent in a silk black and white tie-less suit, Zwane personified a pastor that was ready to lead his congregation to the promised land on Easter weekend. But that wasn’t to be.
There was a false bright start to Zwane’s sermon, though, as his troops found the lead as early as the sixth minute courtesy of Ashley Du Preez’s second goal in as many matches.
Against the run of play, the returning Yusuf Maart, for Siyethemba Sithebe in the starting line, exposed a pocket of space inches away from the centre-line, releasing Du Preez.
