Johannesburg — Khama Billiat was once a darling in South African football - but now all seems to have taken a tumble. And his tumbling i...
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Johannesburg — Khama Billiat was once a darling in South African football - but now all seems to have taken a tumble.
And his tumbling influence was exposed during the 116th duel Soweto Derby between Chiefs and Orlando Pirates recently.
SuperSport commentators, Mark Gleeson and William Shongwe, questioned the value Billiat had imposed on the match.
Billiat is the highest paid footballer in the South African Premiership after running down his contract at Sundowns and leaving, for free, to negotiate his terms at Kaizer Chiefs.
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Sections of the South African media also sharply criticised Billiat’s show with one national newspaper giving him a lowly four out of 10 mark, the lowest among all players who featured in the Derby.
Last week, Chiefs defender Daniel Cardoso said former coach Giovanni Solinas, who was fired by the Amakhosi, was to blame for Billiat’s challenges because he gave him special treatment.
“If you remember in every game there were six or seven changes in the line-up, and you can’t get consistency like that,’’ Cardoso told The Citizen newspaper.
“As a player you grow in confidence when you play . . . (under Solinas) you’d play two games and do well but then in the next three you are out and wondering what you did wrong. And then he would tell you he is resting you and protecting you.
“I don’t think he had much of a plan. We’d be on the training grounds for three hours running against mannequins — there was no structure.
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