The Clever Boys led the Premier Soccer League for the bulk of the season but have faltered in 2019 —surrendering the initiative to Mamelodi Sundowns.
The residual ecstasy of Bafana Bafana’s victory over Libya continued well into the week. South Africa has been in a celebratory mood after the 2-1 win in Tunis that secured an African Cup of Nations qualification.
“I hope so! Please God [let Wits benefit],” exclaims coach Gavin Hunt. “Hopefully we can carry on the form and see us through to the end of the season. I think we need to defend well until the end of the season and then who knows. We’re still in the league and still in the cup.” “It wasn’t easy, honestly,” says Mkhwanazi. “I think the referee was on their side, but we managed to get through. They got a penalty that wasn’t. Percy Tau gave us the victory on the day but the team as a whole really all played a huge part.”
“We’re going to have to play like hell [to achieve that],” Hunt says with a laugh. “Because we were in such a good position, gee whizz. And then we let it go. Then we came back last week. But what’s gone is gone. We have to try to concentrate on the next six games and then obviously we’ve got the cup on the weekend. Anything can happen.” Wits have only won twice in the league during the eight-game stretch that began with the lame Amakhosi defeat.
Keet in particular has had praise heaped on him from all directions after the Libya win. Deservingly, of course. He plucked everything out of the air andwas on hand to deal with anything that passed his backline. All it took was that one game to signal the calls for him to be the national No 1 —even after Itumeleng Khune returns from injury.
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