Kaizer Chiefs must show TS Galaxy, Tim Sukazi who’s boss in the Nedbank Cup

Johannesburg - Gone are those days when Kaizer Chiefs embodied their tag of being the “Cup Kings of South African Football”.

Even clubs that were formed recently deem themselves as their equals heading to a knockout competition nowadays.

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Tim Sukazi, the president of four-year-old TS Galaxy, once more waxed lyrical about how his team has forged an intense rivalry with the most successful outfit in the land ahead of the teams’ meeting in the Nedbank Cup last 32 on Saturday.

Sukazi’s sentiments that “the football gods decided that the results of the 2019 final deem us eternal rivals” comes after Galaxy became the first second-tier side to win the Nedbank Cup after beating Amakhosi in the final in Durban.

But with a new season - and 50th instalment - of South Africa’s premier knockout competition upon us, Chiefs and Galaxy will get a chance to exchange blows once again when they meet in the first round at FNB Stadium on Saturday (6pm).

And after Sukazi’s sentiments, it will be up to Chiefs to give Galaxy a match or use the encounter to again stamp their authority as the undisputed cup kings of South African football. After all, they need that confidence in their bid to end a seven-year trophy drought.

The Glamour Boys have blown hot and cold this season, with incidents on and off the pitch - such as the Covid-19 outbreak at their base. But it will be important for them to look at this cup competition as a chance to claim silverware.

Be it that they win or lose the arbitration to play the matches they forfeited in December, there are no guarantees that they’ll close the gap to Mamelodi Sundowns at the top of the