Kaizer Chiefs’ start of their Nedbank Cup campaign will come with repetitive annoying reminders about how long they have gone without silverware.
The fact of the matter is that the Nedbank Cup offers Chiefs their best route to wiping off the longest trophy wait that they have had to endure in their history, and this is considering that the league is already out of their hands.
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Chiefs will host second tier club Milford in the last 32 on Sunday, keen to join favourites Mamelodi Sundowns along with SuperSport United, Tuks, and Sekhukhune United in the next round.
What pains Amakhosi through their drought is how wide the PSL era trophy success gap has grown between them and Sundowns.
The Brazilians have now lifted 26 trophies since domestic football was repackaged and rebranded into the PSL in the aftermath of South Africa’s readmission to FIFA.
Sixteen of those trophies were won in the period since Chiefs last had a taste of silverware back.
Chiefs remain stuck on 20 with their last trophy joy having come via the league title under Stuart Baxter in May 2015.
Sundowns only had half of that trophy collection at that time but have now gone on to surpass Amakhosi and create a gap of six within just under nine years.
The other part of the Big Three – Orlando Pirates, has 16 titles in the PSL era years.
Worth noting is that when the Nedbank Cup final is played on June 1, the clock will have surpassed nine years since Chiefs last had a trophy to celebrate.
Nine years is the longest that any of the Big Three has ever had to wait to lift a trophy.
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