Chiefs’ most recent exit from the Nedbank Cup against lower league opposition was four years ago when Black Leopards knocked them out in the Last 16.
Whether it is the fact that rival players lift themselves for the occasion‚ or a genuine inability of Chiefs to brush aside so-called lesser opposition‚ no other Premier League club has suffered as much at the hands of lower league teams.
Their record against lower league teams is in contrast to the likes of SuperSport United‚ who have never been ousted from the cup by a team from outside the Premier League in their history. Baroka had already stunned Moroka Swallows but it all appeared to be going to plan for AmaKhosi‚ as Zimbabwean Knowledge Musona put Chiefs ahead in the 36th minute.
Baroka striker Thobani Mncwango bundled the ball home in injury-time after a melee in the box to complete arguably what remains the greatest victory in the club’s history. The FC Cape Town side that day was coached by current Polokwane City tactician Josef Vukusic during a brief first spell in South African football.
And Chiefs were then ahead as Jose Torrealba bizarrely fisted the ball into the net as he lay on the ground having been brought down by the keeper.
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