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Orlando Pirates and Sundowns will never break this Kaizer Chiefs record

A cult Kaizer Chiefs hero from a few years back did something we don’t think any PSL player will do again.

Kaizer Chiefs Orlando Pirates PSL Soweto Derby

Chiefs and Pirates fans. Image: BackpagePix

They say that records are meant to be broken, but this insane statistic posted by a Kaizer Chiefs cult hero is going to take some beating by even the best strikers from Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.

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KAIZER CHIEFS CULT HERO MBESUMA KNEW HIS WAY TO GOAL

Who will ever forget the goal-scoring exploits of Zambian marksman Collins Mbesuma? His antics in the penalty area earned him a move to Portsmouth in 2005. All-in-all, Mbesuma bagged 55 goals in 173 DStv Premiership clashes. 25 goals in the 2004-05 season remains an all-time record that is unlikely to be touched. And it belongs to Mbesuma, who was once also of Orlando Pirates.

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Collins was a goal-machine. Image: KickOff / Twitter.

SHALULILE AND MAYO THE LEAGUE’S CURRENT BEST

To put Mbesuma’s 25-goal tally into perspective, this season’s Golden Boot was jointly won by Peter Shalulile and Khanyisa Mayo, who both bagged 12 goals in the PSL this term. That’s less than half what Mbesuma managed in 2004-05. The ultra-clinical Shalulile managed 23 goals in the 2021-22 campaign, an incredible effort, yet that was a case of close but no cigar.

So, will any PSL striker in the 2023-24 season dare to try and match Mbesuma’s amazing antics from 2005? It’s a long shot, but they can try.

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Weird times at Naturena. Photo: Twitter @KaizerChiefs

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