The relationship between Keagan Dolly and Khama Billiat matured at Mamelodi Sundowns, but that’s not where they met.
The relationship between Keagan Dolly and Khama Billiat matured at Mamelodi Sundowns, but that’s not where they met.
“This started in 2012 when I met him at Ajax Cape Town and it’s just been building and growing. You can see when we play together that we just understand each other,” Dolly, whose combination with Billiat was on full display at the weekend, was quoted as saying on the Kaizer Chiefs website.
Dolly scored twice in the 4-0 rout of Chippa United and both his goals were set up by Billiat, who also got on the score sheet courtesy of a Dolly assist.
“With me and Khama I don’t know how to explain it. If I’m on the ball I know which run he is going to make and he knows how to run and where I am going to pass it. And vice versa, if he’s on the ball I know what to do.”
According to Saturday’s Man of the Match, the duo immediately hit it off at Ikamva, the famous home of Ajax, a side that had to undergo a name change last year following the decision by the parent club in Amsterdam, to pull the plug on the relationship.
But Billiat, the older of the two, then joined Sundowns a year later, with Dolly linking up with him in 2015, as Downs targeted the CAF Champions League.
The rest is history.
On Saturday, more will be expected when Chiefs visit SuperSport United, whose recent DStv Premiership results are a lot more convincing than Chippa, but are no strangers to both Dolly and Billiat having come across them in the Tshwane derby in the past.
“I am working hard to show this week in and week out, it’s just the start. This isn’t the end, I’ll keep on working hard in order to help the team succeed. Even if I’m not playing well, I’ll always give 100 percent for the team to succeed. This is a process about the whole team, not just about Keagan or whoever the individual is playing. It’s about Kaizer Chiefs and what we want to achieve as a team. We showed our class, hopefully, we can keep it going,” said Dolly.
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