Pirates through...The real deal, the way football was!!!

Good Day,

What an awesome weekend this has been, both in non-footballing and footballing terms. A mate's wedding on Saturday is the reason I couldn't watch the game. I got see the highlights late on Saturday and I can tell you I was still as excited as watching the real game itself.

I had my doubts going into our game but my cup was more half full. And so the Birds did to Ajax what they did to us a few weeks back at the same Dobsonville stadium. We led 2-0, they came back and made it 2-2 and we nailed the final screw in.

Ha ha Ajax!, Their coach was talking about them being the favourites going into this game. Tail between legs must have been the order of the day going back to Cape Town. I love it when a coach can go to the media and talk about being favourites and then be made to eat a nice serving of humble pie.

Saturday's result made for and even awesome day yesterday. The onus was on Pirates to get a result against the Other team and they did. For once Pirates stood up and did not disappoint.

Thank you Pirates you completed my truly fabulous (not so long) week-end. Setting up a final to behold, something never seen in recent memory. Ladies and Gents this is what football used to be like, when legends clashed and the two teams in the final of the MTN 8 are legendary. This will be the "Soweto Derby" of note, we are witnessing in our lifetime, things we could only hear in narrations, passed down from generation to generation.
It has now come to life.

"The Beautiful Birds vs Orlando Pirates in the final of the MTN 8"

Nothing beats that and if anyone dares tell you otherwise, you can send them to Durban on October 2 to witness for themselves the epitome of South African football. Football is being brought back to life and we are the bearers of this unenviable task, many fell by the way side. Some so called Soweto Giants that wears yellow and black, the rich boys from Pretoria, one by one they all fell.

Football will be revived, something we will do with great panache for we are the "Beautiful Birds". Pirates must also count themselves very fortunate to be afforded the opportunity to play against the Birds in a Cup Final. They are the ones who've been slacking off in recent memory. So I am happy for them for seizing this opportunity to show to South Africa and the world what football once was like.

Here's to life being the way it was, here's "THE" Soweto Derby, here's to Pirates reaching the final, HALLELUJA!!!!.

Have to leave it here today.

Cheers and see you soon