Speedygarth When they came back to international football post apartheid they were being beaten by big margins but the 1996 era to the World Cup 1998 and the 2000s era of Benni McCarthy we were a force my friend. It was not easy to beat us.
This man was a football genius. As a kid, I always marvelled at his ability to control the engine room with his subtle skills and amazing ability to read the pace of the game. How I long for those days that bafana made an entire sport mad nation come to a standstill whenever they took to the field. The respect that they earned around the continent was unparalleled. What a coach they had in the great Clive Barker. That team made South African pulses race and united a nation.
Every household in the community would be glued on the screen, taking in every moment of the game. Today I don't even know half of the team - mediocrity.
Doctor khumalo the 16 volver that's how we know him back in those years when soccer was really meaning football what super legend long live brother!!!!
brother i m from india...i am really astonished to see how SA used to play as brazil's jogo bonito..this type of play deserves world cup semis spot..but how SA didn't become famous and they seem to hv lost this footballing style...how just HOW?!
Doctor was simply an amazing footballer. In my opinion he could have played for any big team in Europe. I was lucky enough to see him live. What a player👌
I'm in tears and feel goose bumps at the same. Let me rather not talk about how Barker was sacked and how the Foreign coach sidelined abo Doctor during the 1998 world cup!
Yeah that was wrong. I’m from Colombia but my best friend is from RSA so I knew all the players. We would watch the game so miserable that our favourite player wasn’t playing...
@@musandlala7991 That's right, mate. Safa is broken, and has been for ages. There's no reason a country with the talent pool and financing of South Africa, as well as the passion of the people, should have such a rubbish national team. We should look at Senegal, which is a much poorer nation with a much smaller population, yet their national team is globally competitive, they have stars and quality players in leagues across Europe. What's the difference? Less corruption in the national federation, I'd wager, but also enabling players to play their brand of football from a young age, and I mean YOUNG. In SA, we're still calling players "up-and-coming" when they're 24, 25, 26 years old. Anywhere else in the world, at that age, you're a mid-career player. Senegalese players come up through academies in Senegal from a young age, and they start getting picked up by European scouts when they're 15, 16, 17 years old. That's when SA's talented young players need to start getting noticed and moved on to bigger opportunities. But the difference is that Senegal has a number of quality academies with a lot of input from the talent developers in Europe. You don't necessarily need to so much European input, but you do need a lot of investment in youth football and academies. And we also need to really invest in our own brand of football on the pitch, like Bafana in the '90s. But that's a rant for another time, and this comment is already so long no one is going to read it, so I'll shut up.
@@bcmhayes Don't shut up, I read it all. Personally I think if the parents took interest in their children's lives, this situation would all solve itself. You know if the parents took an active part in raising their children by not allowing the children to sit and do nothing (or worse) on Saturday. Maybe a have a weekend league for the children in high school and primary. We would have more talent seen at a younger age and leave to be developed in Europe. You look at the Germany 2014 team, the majority of their players come from school football. As for SAFA they are useless.
I'm imagining myself back then watching this game with fellow South Africans and this song playing...haibo!!! I've never danced like that in my life Hayi, blast from the past bba
He impressed everyone with his ball control skills. He knew how to kick the ball straight to the person he intended. His passing skills are unmatched. He didn't need to run. He used his brain and legs. In that way, he controlled the mid-field and the forward players. Brilliant. Brilliant talent of uMntungwa. Great memories.
He was deceptive in that he appeared to be slow until you tried to dispossess him then you see flames. I cannot recall one incident in this particular where he was dispossessed, perhaps a pass was intercepted but never dispossessed. Once you attain that level of respect from opponents where they "let you have the ball" to prevent embarrassment is when you realise that you have arrived as a soccer player. A highly skillful player with great vision. He played the game like he was watching it from the stands. Unbelievable.
@@mybubathegenius8524 ..we won it because we had good players who were willing to fight for each another and make the country proud.. showboating was just a bonus on the side..
I watched this game on a black and white tv. The signal was bad i had to hold it. a memorable game. Was really hoping we'd win. One of Doctor greatest games. This game gave us the Bebeto style.
Erect a statue in his honour for the football genius he was. Best the was and there ever will be. That team got the whole of Southern Africa united in support. Clive Barker also complimented his team. Man Management. It had quality littered everywhere
You could name the staring 11 long before the day of the game coz every position had it's certified player . 1 Andre Arendse 2 Sizwe Motounge 3 David Nyathi 4 Lucas Hadebe 5 Niel Tovey. Aw madoda.you know the rest .
Actually David Nyathi wasn't a regular. That left back position was played by Lucas Radebe, Mark Fish and Tovey were at centre backs. Nyathi became a regular from 98 when Tovey was no longer there and Radebe moved to centre back.
Definitely. When I look at him i reference Mike Tyson's life as well. They are both cancers. Tyson went to jail and h was never the same again. Khumalo's father passed away in a tragic hijacking and he was driving Doctor's car. Doc was never the same again. I think that affected him psychologically. He was very close to his father.
Masterclass, let's not undervalue the presence and industry of John Moeti in that midfield. Created the platform for Doc to tear the opposition apart at will.
The difference between the old and new Bafana is that the old Bafana guys were passionate about their careers and playing for our country as where the new Bafana players are all about the flashy lifestyles and their images off the field
Bafana against that Brazilian team with El Fenomeno (Ronaldo) in it 🔥 This was when I preferred local football to European 💔 Those days you wanted the Jomo Sono white Puma boots in the back of the Kick-Off magazine 🙆♂️ Panasonic World of Soccer on Sabc 1 on a Monday night 👏🖤
@@leomamofokeng5104 even Bebeto clapped his hands when Doctor went off the field and the rest is history, from leading 2 to losing by a goal and the worst substitutions ever
That was a great Brazil team and they took every game seriously. They toured the world that period and never lost a game. We did well to lose that narrowly.
SAFA fired Barker (because of a Sowetan article?) in 1998 and brought in Phillipe Troussier for WC ‘98. Troussier duly dropped 16V from the squad and made him a token. SAFA killed SA football and we’ve never recovered since.
Wasn't Doctor sacked by Jomo Sono in the 1998 African Cup of Nations first? By the time Troussier arrived, he was no longer a regular in the team. Anyway, He deserved to be both in that Jomo Sono's team and 98 world cup. We could have done better in that world cup with him especially creating goals for Benni. I say Jomo destroyed the team Stanley Tshabalala and Barker moulded, only because of his big ego.
When I used to watch soccer... gone are the days... We were hopeful & confident .... The SAFA remained the same didn’t adapt & change with the times. We used to beat UK teams no matter who it was.... & also nyaope took over the country... The type of imports we are allowed without due deligence.... SAD 😢💔😭
Like father like son. Doctor Khumalo is the son of the late Eliakim "Pro" Khumalo. One of the best soccer players of Moroka Swallows Football club in the late 60s to the 70s.
Kids today will not understand how good this Bafana was. I'm from Namibia but I was a huge Bafana fan!!
This team was the best
They were good but lost 4 to against a zimbabwe team with real players like Peter Ndlovu kkk
Speedygarth When they came back to international football post apartheid they were being beaten by big margins but the 1996 era to the World Cup 1998 and the 2000s era of Benni McCarthy we were a force my friend. It was not easy to beat us.
This team played with it heart and for the nation
@@speedygarth in our defense that Zim team was unstoppable
This man was a football genius. As a kid, I always marvelled at his ability to control the engine room with his subtle skills and amazing ability to read the pace of the game. How I long for those days that bafana made an entire sport mad nation come to a standstill whenever they took to the field. The respect that they earned around the continent was unparalleled. What a coach they had in the great Clive Barker. That team made South African pulses race and united a nation.
Best comment in this thread, factual and straight to the point! No need to add anything. 👏👏👏
Every household in the community would be glued on the screen, taking in every moment of the game. Today I don't even know half of the team - mediocrity.
Facts!!!!!!
Bra DOCTOR KHUMALO the world best footballer.....he showed it against all football best nations you name them.
Doctor khumalo the 16 volver that's how we know him back in those years when soccer was really meaning football what super legend long live brother!!!!
brother i m from india...i am really astonished to see how SA used to play as brazil's jogo bonito..this type of play deserves world cup semis spot..but how SA didn't become famous and they seem to hv lost this footballing style...how just HOW?!
Doctor was simply an amazing footballer. In my opinion he could have played for any big team in Europe. I was lucky enough to see him live. What a player👌
Doctor Khumalo was pure class 👌🏼 also complimented by committed team mates. It’s gonna take time before we see another Mdokishi 🔥🙌🏽
Bafana bafana! Love from Colombia:)
Doctor is underratedly the best African midfield of all time. A pure magic, class and genius with the ball.
Back that time in northern Namibia...we will count days to latest KickOff magazine
I'm in tears and feel goose bumps at the same. Let me rather not talk about how Barker was sacked and how the Foreign coach sidelined abo Doctor during the 1998 world cup!
Yeah that was wrong. I’m from Colombia but my best friend is from RSA so I knew all the players. We would watch the game so miserable that our favourite player wasn’t playing...
Sad reality of football
When politicians administer football that's always the case. Our national has never recovered from that.
The Squad that represented the nation with pride and dignity. Only if we could turn back the time
Best bafana bafana team ever assembled, staring Doctor Khumalo, Ace Khuse, Shoes Mosheou , Eric Tinkler, Neil tovey and the rest of the gang.
Very calm and collected platying under no pressure
We will never have such a fearless and committed team ever in this country
Those days will come again
@@___Runnaz3768 If we fix safa
@@musandlala7991 That's right, mate. Safa is broken, and has been for ages. There's no reason a country with the talent pool and financing of South Africa, as well as the passion of the people, should have such a rubbish national team. We should look at Senegal, which is a much poorer nation with a much smaller population, yet their national team is globally competitive, they have stars and quality players in leagues across Europe. What's the difference? Less corruption in the national federation, I'd wager, but also enabling players to play their brand of football from a young age, and I mean YOUNG. In SA, we're still calling players "up-and-coming" when they're 24, 25, 26 years old. Anywhere else in the world, at that age, you're a mid-career player. Senegalese players come up through academies in Senegal from a young age, and they start getting picked up by European scouts when they're 15, 16, 17 years old. That's when SA's talented young players need to start getting noticed and moved on to bigger opportunities. But the difference is that Senegal has a number of quality academies with a lot of input from the talent developers in Europe. You don't necessarily need to so much European input, but you do need a lot of investment in youth football and academies. And we also need to really invest in our own brand of football on the pitch, like Bafana in the '90s. But that's a rant for another time, and this comment is already so long no one is going to read it, so I'll shut up.
@@bcmhayes Don't shut up, I read it all. Personally I think if the parents took interest in their children's lives, this situation would all solve itself. You know if the parents took an active part in raising their children by not allowing the children to sit and do nothing (or worse) on Saturday. Maybe a have a weekend league for the children in high school and primary. We would have more talent seen at a younger age and leave to be developed in Europe. You look at the Germany 2014 team, the majority of their players come from school football. As for SAFA they are useless.
@@bcmhayes worry not some of us read it, it's one of the best comments in this thread. 👏👏👏
Never hear of him until today when i googled top 10 african midfeilders/He looks real light on his feet.Almost brazilian
Doctor Khumalo very skillfully... Gone those days at School.. DALIWONGA SCHOOL, AT SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA.. HE WAS BRILLIANT 👏👏
Doctor Khumalo' was simply the best.
Movie wa 16v
The best
what a legend
I'm imagining myself back then watching this game with fellow South Africans and this song playing...haibo!!! I've never danced like that in my life
Hayi, blast from the past bba
best player ever , football genius indeed
Forever Dr Khumalo, Mr Motaung my chairman, get this man back to chiefs as the head coach, he previously did a great job with Ace.
His soccer IQ was very high, no need for pace and strength
Underrated comment! Just like Xavi, Iniesta, Pirlo, Messi etc.
Back in days when Bafana where World Class, what a team this was
Khumalo is regarded to be one of the best South African midfielders I've ever seen 👏🙌
Doc was the midfield boza back then created a lot of goals , players like him are hard to find.
They're not hard to find, coaches keep on looking to sign players from zim and stuff. Our talents are there eKasi
i am a Pirates supporter, but Dr Khumalo is my favorite player of all time.
Me too
M'dokie 16V Khumalo, thee best middlefielder RSA has ever produced, close comes Shoes
Hayi lo mfo akanantanga kuzo zonke endakhe ndazibukela iimidfield players. Indicaphukisa gqithi into yokuba wadlala imatch yokugqibela kuphela ngo '98 kula World Cup yase France ngenxa yesasibhanxa singu Troussier sase France sabizwa ngomzuzu wokugqibela.
Agree
Agree
He impressed everyone with his ball control skills. He knew how to kick the ball straight to the person he intended. His passing skills are unmatched. He didn't need to run. He used his brain and legs. In that way, he controlled the mid-field and the forward players.
Brilliant. Brilliant talent of uMntungwa.
Great memories.
16 V DOCOTELLA🔥🔥🔥
He was simply the best✌️
One of Doctor Khumalo's unique skill was his ability set a striker with a very good goal-scoring opportunity. Kasie style, a "through pass".
He was deceptive in that he appeared to be slow until you tried to dispossess him then you see flames. I cannot recall one incident in this particular where he was dispossessed, perhaps a pass was intercepted but never dispossessed. Once you attain that level of respect from opponents where they "let you have the ball" to prevent embarrassment is when you realise that you have arrived as a soccer player. A highly skillful player with great vision. He played the game like he was watching it from the stands. Unbelievable.
16 Valve....our very own Zidane
If u know u know
One of the best players, like this man can pass the ball
This was a great time our country. Can't forget those gold shirt's 😄.
Bafana Bafana will never be the same as 90s
He was the legend
We as the country we miss this it was awesome..a lot has changed in our south African football..we even miss those players
When soccer was REAL!
FANS WERE REAL!
no whatsapp, facebook or twitter
Diski & mojolo were only our entertainment!
Soccer is still real .different is that it has developed
@@nzuzolifangwenya1044 without showboating S.A. soccer died
We won Afcon 1996 with showboating
@@mybubathegenius8524 ..we won it because we had good players who were willing to fight for each another and make the country proud.. showboating was just a bonus on the side..
@@nzuzolifangwenya1044 fair enough THANKS MAN
No high salary but great football
Lomfana uyalazi Ibhola umtungwa umdokish
I watched this game on a black and white tv. The signal was bad i had to hold it. a memorable game. Was really hoping we'd win. One of Doctor greatest games. This game gave us the Bebeto style.
16V, Zizou, Isco. Rare!
Le number🔥🔥🔥♬♫♫♬
I don't know the name of this song can you help please ka go gopela
He was a complete player
Back when our team could be taken seriously
Doctor Doc 16 Valve Khumalo!!
him and shoes what a skilled
Yerrrrr Dr was too much 😮😮
Erect a statue in his honour for the football genius he was. Best the was and there ever will be. That team got the whole of Southern Africa united in support. Clive Barker also complimented his team. Man Management. It had quality littered everywhere
Wartching him at France 98 was brilliant..
What a good game against Brazil, Doc Khumalo did his magic skills.
Amazing through back. A game indeed.
Never to be repeated
Am from Zambia 🇿🇲, but Bafana Bafana was such a a force to reckon with in the 90s... excellent players and excellent football ⚽.
You could name the staring 11 long before the day of the game coz every position had it's certified player . 1 Andre Arendse 2 Sizwe Motounge 3 David Nyathi 4 Lucas Hadebe 5 Niel Tovey. Aw madoda.you know the rest .
Actually David Nyathi wasn't a regular. That left back position was played by Lucas Radebe, Mark Fish and Tovey were at centre backs. Nyathi became a regular from 98 when Tovey was no longer there and Radebe moved to centre back.
Helman Mkhelele madoda 😭😭😭
The great Doctor Khumalo
🔥🔥🔥😍thanks for sharing
He would have played in Europe like JJ okocha. Damn talented
Definitely. When I look at him i reference Mike Tyson's life as well. They are both cancers. Tyson went to jail and h was never the same again. Khumalo's father passed away in a tragic hijacking and he was driving Doctor's car. Doc was never the same again. I think that affected him psychologically. He was very close to his father.
Masterclass, let's not undervalue the presence and industry of John Moeti in that midfield. Created the platform for Doc to tear the opposition apart at will.
The best ever
When i watch this video is always remind me days be for ❤
Players born in the wrong era 💔😭. These are the players who deserve the wild salaries these Pre Madonna's are being paid today.
Gone is our chance to ever win a world cup what a squad! My African champions forever!!!🎉
Your music dang with this lockdown you gonna get me down
Master.
The difference between the old and new Bafana is that the old Bafana guys were passionate about their careers and playing for our country as where the new Bafana players are all about the flashy lifestyles and their images off the field
True... Well said...👏 Poor mentality we have.
lol he made Brazil look like its from first division aka Mvela League.
ABC M league
Yet Brazil won the game 3-2
@@dykedzunanmkhabela3526 brazil came back in the game after clive took out dr khumalo
What an icon uniform for Bafana. I want to buy that jersey.
96 Bafana Bafana...caf champion....fcks im getting old!🇲🇿
The GOAT
Doctor desever a position in Safa
Seeing the la swizwe made me cry
We still remember this team
Unfortunately we do not have these kind of players anymore in South Africa
Bafana against that Brazilian team with El Fenomeno (Ronaldo) in it 🔥 This was when I preferred local football to European 💔 Those days you wanted the Jomo Sono white Puma boots in the back of the Kick-Off magazine 🙆♂️ Panasonic World of Soccer on Sabc 1 on a Monday night 👏🖤
Ronaldo was not in that game. Bebeto was
Romario, Bebeto, zhino, aldair, cafu, dunga, denilson,zerobeto, dida, edmilson etc. Ronaldo wasn't there
The Sleeping Giant of African Football
Gone are those days which we used to see great football
That was our Best team
Bhutomkhulu Doctor 16v Khumalo 👌
remember watching this game live , we were killed by some bad substitutions
Horrible subs!!!
Clive should've went with his best team all the way. He became over excited and made some mistakes.
I remember after he got substituted then Brazil came back
@@leomamofokeng5104 even Bebeto clapped his hands when Doctor went off the field and the rest is history, from leading 2 to losing by a goal and the worst substitutions ever
I see the late sizwe motaung
Bafana need to bring back this jersey. This team was fire!
SA was all over Brazil in the first half. The 2nd ½ we looked a different team
That was a great Brazil team and they took every game seriously. They toured the world that period and never lost a game. We did well to lose that narrowly.
South Africa's golden generation...
So bafana bafana was capable of playing with Brazil
Clive Backer kodwa I celebration yakhe❤️❤️❤️😂😂😂. He was taunting the Brazilians
SAFA fired Barker (because of a Sowetan article?) in 1998 and brought in Phillipe Troussier for WC ‘98. Troussier duly dropped 16V from the squad and made him a token. SAFA killed SA football and we’ve never recovered since.
Wasn't Doctor sacked by Jomo Sono in the 1998 African Cup of Nations first? By the time Troussier arrived, he was no longer a regular in the team. Anyway, He deserved to be both in that Jomo Sono's team and 98 world cup. We could have done better in that world cup with him especially creating goals for Benni. I say Jomo destroyed the team Stanley Tshabalala and Barker moulded, only because of his big ego.
16 Valve 🔥🐐
What a time to be South African
My Idol
good memories... 16V
16v Theophilus ✌✌
Yayishibilika 16V lana ngathi yayihamba yodwa eCenter
Bebemsaba phela labantu laba. Bekazokuhlambalaza lo muntu straight if you dare try and dispossess him.
@@thobelandlebe4634 🤣😂🤣
Whenever I saw Bafana Bafana play during this era, they were only ever beaten by lucky goals. The dudes fought on every blade of grass.
Gone those days madoda..
The song is by DJ Yamza - Goodbye
Put Doc n Shoes together you see fire, we would have at least reached Semis in 1998 WC had we had Clive as a coach...
It hurts to see what we were and face the reality that we may never be in this level again
Not in 150 years
He is indeed needed in SAFA.
When I used to watch soccer... gone are the days... We were hopeful & confident .... The SAFA remained the same didn’t adapt & change with the times. We used to beat UK teams no matter who it was.... & also nyaope took over the country... The type of imports we are allowed without due deligence.... SAD 😢💔😭
Like father like son. Doctor Khumalo is the son of the late Eliakim "Pro" Khumalo. One of the best soccer players of Moroka Swallows Football club in the late 60s to the 70s.
Kappa Jersey Bafana were different all of them were incredible. We won African Nation's with most of them