Marks Maponyane Believes the Soweto Derby Is Surviving Because Of Sentimental Value!

Marks Maponyane Believes the Soweto Derby Is Surviving Because Of Sentimental Value! Amakhosi and The Buccaneers take each other on in the league this afternoon.

Kaizer Chiefs will host Orlando Pirates in the DSTV Premiership this afternoon. Marks Maponyane, who played for both teams, believes that this match has seen it’s quality dissipate over the years.

Maponyane went on to further elaborate that Mamelodi Sundowns has severely outclassed both teams over the last five years. These teams have only won one trophy between them in this period.

Orlando Pirates lifted the MTN 8 trophy in December 2020. Other than that. They have nothing to show.

In this same five-year period, Mamelodi Sundowns has won an astounding 12 trophies.

“Whoever is going to win the derby doesn’t make them achievers, because history has it that Sundowns is now the most dominant side in the country, and they have just surpassed Chiefs in terms of most trophies won in the PSL era.” Maponyane said to the media.

“The derby is just a match between two teams, and they must start being consistent and win trophies. Pirates won the MTN8 last season, but diehard supporters want the league because that is what matters.

“They must at least win the league soon because that’s what matters and Sundowns have done that for the past four seasons, and at the rate things are going it looks like they will win it for the fifth time this season.

“The reason Sundowns is this dominant is because whoever they buy fits into their plan and style of play. If you don’t have a plan, you bring in players with reputations to try to boost the image of the team, but players are not there to save the image of the team.

“They are there to show their talent in the plan that is there.”

Kick-off for the game is 15h30. Marks Maponyane Believes the Soweto Derby Is Surviving Because Of Sentimental Value!