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MISCALCULATION: Bafana keeper Itumeleng Khune

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Bafana were bundled out of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and Niger will advance as Group G leaders based on the head-to-head rule.

It was thought that a draw with Sierra Leone was enough, should Egypt beat Niger, and Khune got wind of the news that the young Pharaohs were hammering Niger 3-0 in Cairo.

That's when the Khune show rolled into Mbombela as the acrobatic Kaizer Chiefs keeper rolled around pretending to be in tremendous pain.

But what he did not know was that that time could have been used to pursue a goal that would have taken Bafana to the Cup of Nations.

He must have wasted about five minutes with the medical team.

Whether he was following instructions from the technical team remains unknown, but it was just plain bad sportsmanship. This infuriated Sierra Leone players, who confronted the Kenyan referee to demand he add the time Khune was wasting.

Indirectly giving the Leone Stars the middle finger, Khune was one of the first players to run the length of the pitch celebrating. Today he must know those minutes he threw away could have averted the nightmare.

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Tue May 21 18:36:06 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 10, 2011

dadaman1

@Sowetan it is not miscalculation, it is the results of pure Illiteracy, Butter finger always do this when Zebras lead....once again he cost us,nxa, idiot...
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Oct 10, 2011

asaowe

Khune to feature in Generation 4rm tonite wht a display, ur such a character, misjudge, miscalculated, misschanges aybo
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Oct 10, 2011

sakhomba

tshing's finest, mzansi's number 1. jou muskond.
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Oct 10, 2011

TrapStar

hahaha This guy qualifies to acting part of the late BONGO
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Oct 10, 2011

Vhamsanda

Khune was completely unprofessional and must be called to order.
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Oct 10, 2011

Itjontji-Mali

Khune blew precious minutes,

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@ Sowetan, why dont u say KHUNE saved the ball which a goal was written all-over it? sh#t sowetan

For your information, even if the time was extended to December, Bafana would never score...???

@Khune, u remain Mzanzi's finest no matter how much critics comes ur way- NXAA!!!!!

ke a selekega bjaanong???????

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Oct 10, 2011

Pro-MasTa

Should Bafana have qualified, we would have been thanking Khune for that time wasting tactic. Now that we did not make it we see him together with the rest of the team as people who cost the nation, all I know is he was acting from the medical instructions coz no one on the technical staff ever bothered to get the full story on the rules.
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Oct 10, 2011

BhutiKhapela

khune iam warning you!iam warning you!if you keep behaving like this we will pray for your down fall!!!!hahahahahahhahaha
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Oct 10, 2011

Mdala

Khune is irritating these days he is costing Chiefs with his errors now it seems he wants to transfer his antics to BB.

He is becoming big headed
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Oct 10, 2011

proff213

thats very childish,when we were still children we used to play a ball very far outside the picth so when our opponets go to take ball the time is going, and we remain leading.
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