It’s not supposed to be like this for Cape Town City.
You’re not supposed to power past three Kaizer Chiefs defenders and fire a goal into the roof of the net.
You’re not supposed to shibobo a player and score from a tight angle.
You’re not supposed to give Chiefs two goals.
You’re not supposed to score a last-minute winner.
You’re not supposed to be at the top of the PSL with five games to play in the campaign.
And you’re definitely not supposed to be doing all of this in your first season as club.
But Cape Town City keep on doing the impossible and if you don’t believe that they are for real, then it’s time to get real.
City are going for the title and they are making this PSL title race the most unpredictable in a long time.
Eric Tinkler and his manne are not playing around. If anyone thinks this team and this club don’t have what it takes to win, they are sorely mistaken.
Since John Comitis brought the franchise down from Mpumalanga, they have already claimed the Telkom Knockout in their first six months.
The secret to their success? This is a tight little ship.
Since moving the players down from their Gauteng base last year (the players trained in Joburg, before playing home games in Nelspruit), the squad is closer.
Plus the problems they have faced in getting a permanent training base means their focus is high.
That could easily have knocked them out of their stride. But it’s only made them more determined.
They play with an urgency and invention that echoes the drive they have to do the right things behind the scenes. And it’s working for them.
Judas Moseamedi’s late winner at Cape Town Stadium was crucial.
If they didn’t score that goal, it would have been over. Before the striker headed past Chiefs’ debutant goalkeeper Bruce Bvuma, the picture in title race looked bleak.
In Pretoria, Mamelodi Sundowns had seen off the challenge of Ajax Cape Town to put the Brazilians top of the league, with the defending champions still having played two games less than City.
But the Citizens are two points clear, knowing that they have a simpler-looking run-in than rivals Downs and Wits.
City just won’t go away and have heaped the pressure on the chasing duo to make up the points in their games in hand.
Downs boss Pitso Mosimane knows he will struggle to keep his players fresh with Champions League football on the horizon.
And that’s what City can take advantage of. And guess what with the TKO trophy under their belts and the disappointment of their early Nedbank Cup exit is just the sort of lessons they need to be fired up enough to seize their chance.