WATCH: Saile under fire after two horrible Chiefs misses

Chiefs forward Christian Saile Basomboli came under fire after two horrible misses in front of goal against Pirates on Saturday.

Early on in the Nedbank Cup semi-final against Pirates, Basomboli fluffed a golden chance right in front of goal, with Pirates scoring soon after to compound the situation.

WATCH: Shocking Chiefs miss before Pirates take lead

The forward then had an opportunity at redemption when he had another great chance to head home a goal, but from point-blank range, he missed the target.

You can see the misses from Saile below:

AIR SHOT
Christian Saile should have buried that, poor for a centre forward.
Game is still quite equal, very physical but chances are being created here.

Kaizer Chiefs 0-0 Orlando Pirates#SowetoDerby #NedbankCup2023 #NedbankCup pic.twitter.com/GVfGGT7bXy

— Sahil Ebrahim (@sahil_e) May 6, 2023

Christian Saile really has some shocking finishing, 3rd chance of the game wasted by him.

His hold up play is good, but is it worth having a CF in this game that can't finish?

Where is Caleb-Haaland?

Kaizer Chiefs 0-1 Orlando Pirates#SowetoDerby #NedbankCup2023 #NedbankCup pic.twitter.com/AQvVHfLxxU

— Sahil Ebrahim (@sahil_e) May 6, 2023

Saturday’s match was originally scheduled to get underway at 15:00, but kick-off was ultimately delayed at the FNB Stadium.

Due to late arriving fans, the match start was pushed back by at least 15 minutes, before a frenetic start to proceedings saw Pirates eventually draw first blood.

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CHIEFS-PIRATES STARTING LINEUPS

Kaizer Chiefs XI: Petersen, Dove, Ngezana, Hlanti, Frosler, Solomons, Zwane, Maart, Sithebe, Du Preez, Saile.

Subs: Bvuma, Alexander, Ngcobo, Kwinika, Matlou, Bimenyimana, Shabalala, Mashiane, Sekgota.

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Orlando Pirates XI: Chaine, Sibisi, Xoki, Shandu, Mako, Timm, Monare, Dlamini, Saleng, Erasmus, Dzvukamanja.

Subs: Mpontshane, Pule, Mthethwa, Ratomo, Makhaula, Nga, Ndlondlo, Hotto, Monyane.

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