Former Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs striker Siyabonga Nomvethe has admitted that Itumeleng Khune is the one goalkeeper that gave him a bit of a tough time during his playing days.
Nomvethe was reminiscing about his glory days with iDiski Times writer Lethabo Kganyago in edition 192 of the newspaper where he said the former Chiefs and Bafana keeper was lucky to not have collected his balls inside the net. However, he said Khune knows he was also tested by the PSL all time goal scorer and just had luck.
“There are many, but the only one goalkeeper that I didn’t exactly hit properly, one who had some serious luck is [Itumeleng] Khune,” Bhele told iDiski Times.
“Khune is the only one I haven’t hit properly. He is the only one; the rest I have hit them properly (chuckles). I’d look then and think this was one. Once I get the ball, he is going to leak in goals.”
As far as the best defenders he has faced are concerned, Nomvethe said no one stood a chance hence his record and that if anything defenders were scared to face him.
“Best defender? There is no best defender I have ever come across or a defender I was scared of (laughs),” added the 47-year-old.
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“Even now, when I play with the legends at Chiefs, they are still crying. I look at my performance, Thuso Phala’s performance…Doctor [Khumalo] even moaned when we were in Bloemfontein one day and said we should go back to playing professionally because we still had the pace at this age.
“But honestly, there is no one, absolutely no defender I’d say gave me a tough time. If anything, they were scared of me. They knew once I had the ball I wasn’t fooling around, I go forward.”
