Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye has advised Amakhosi youngster Mfundo Vilakazi to learn from his Orlando Pirates counterpart Patrick Maswanganyi in terms of being productive in his showboating.
Vilakazi has been under fire for his showboating from after doing so in Chiefs’ 4-0 pre-season friendly defeat to Young Africans SC last week.
Meanwhile, Maswanganyi is also known for his showboating but once again was instrumental in Pirates’ 3-1 win over SuperSport United in the MTN 8 quarter-final on Saturday.
Khanye, who was a trickery winger himself, has addressed the topic and the former Amakhosi winger says he doesn’t mind showboating, if it ends up benefitting a team.
“I don’t have a problem because the game needed a dribbling wizard, especially when you are playing a stereotyped team like how SuperSport was with every man behind the ball,” said Khanye on iDiski TV.
“You need a dribbling wizard who’d surprise the opponents going forward. I think the likes of Mfundo Vilakazi can learn from Maswanganyi because he is more or less the same player. When I say the same player I don’t mean in terms of playing but the impact.
“They have the same body structure, they are both left footed but Tito is not speedy however his decision-making you can see his impact. There is a move that Pirates made that came from his dribbling and the defence had to back paddle then he penetrated and Mofokeng was supposed to finish.
“That ball started at the centre and you check his body language he looked static but he spun the ball, played it and moved quickly. They passed him then he played the ball inside, continued with his run, he skipped the ball and it fell for Mofokeng who should have scored.
“Mfundo is very talented but wasn’t developed properly according to me. The boy knows football but he was not developed properly.”
You can view Khanye’s full analysis of the MTN 8 quarter-final between Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United on iDiski TV official YouTube channel.
