Daniel Akpeyi, Kaizer Chiefs, September 2019BackpagePix

How Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates fans reacted to the Soweto Derby

After South Africa won the Rugby World Cup, many national team supporters were already tired from celebrating.

However, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates were saving their highest energy levels to get behind their respective beloved teams.

With the Telkom Knockout Cup quarter-final locked at 2-2 after full-time, the match went to penalties where Nigeria's Akpeyi was the hero once again.

Amakhosi won 4-2 on penalties and we take a look at how the fans thanked Akpeyi for his saves, appreciated Rhulani Mokwena's tactics for keeping Pirates in this game with 10-men (for so long) and how Chiefs fans were given many 'heart-attacks' throughout the match.

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