Sipho Chaine names his heroes

Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Sipho Chaine has remembered great legends of goalkeeping.

SIPHO CHAINE’S BEST GOALKEEPERS

“I always say this about my favourite goalkeeper, it’s something that I’ve heard since I was young, even in my football,” Chaine told iDiski Times.

“That was prime Itu [Khune], that was prime Senzo [Meyiwa], so when I looked at both of them, I just had this thing inside me where even Moeneeb Josephs at that time, how do these people do it.

“When I watched them, like u-Itu, it’s something that you can’t describe as a young boy, looking at them and doing it at that high level. And you even aspire to be there but don’t think about what it would take and how you would react when you are there.”

Orlando Pirates won the CAF Champions League in 1995, while losing in the final in 2013. According to Orlando Pirates’ 27-year-old gloveman Chaine, the Sea Robbers should reclaim the respect the club has on the African continent.

 I think as a club like Orlando Pirates, to represent a big brand like this on the African continent – where we play among the best on the continent, it should be a norm and something we always strive to do every season,” said Chaine via SABC Sport.

PATRICK MASWANGANYI GETS ORLANDO PIRATES JERSEY NUMBER 10

CAF Champions League football comes with different jersey numbers at Orlando Pirates. The Sea Robbers have given Patrick Maswanganyi the special number 10.

Ahead of the game on Friday, the Soweto giants had a chat with their attacking midfield maestro Maswanganyi about wearing number 10.

“It’s an honour to wear this number. To have the number 10 jersey is not only a childhood dream of mine but also a sense of responsibility and undertaking of the expectations that it carries,” the Orlando Pirates attacker told the club’s media.

“I have always loved the number 10 jersey ever since I was young. The first soccer shirt I ever owned was that of Real Madrid that my father had bought it for me. It was that of Figo.

“Everywhere I went, people used to call me ‘Figo’, ‘Figo’, and as a kid that sort of attention brought a smile to my face. I guess that fond memory is what cemented my relationship with that number 10 jersey,” the 26-year-old star from Tembisa concluded.

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