{"id":43218,"date":"2025-11-27T17:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43218"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:46:23","slug":"kaizer-chiefs-legend-makes-big-case-for-lorch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/27\/kaizer-chiefs-legend-makes-big-case-for-lorch\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs legend makes a big case for Lorch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Afcon 2025 is around the corner, and Kaizer Chiefs\u2019 goalkeeping icon, Itumeleng Khune, is bothered by Thembinkosi Lorch\u2019s absence from Bafana Bafana.<\/p>\n<p>Khune described it as something that has been sitting uncomfortably with him for months.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-itumeleng-khune-calls-for-thembinkosi-lorch-inclusion-in-the-bafana-bafana-squad\">ITUMELENG KHUNE CALLS FOR THEMBINKOSI LORCH INCLUSION IN THE BAFANA BAFANA SQUAD<\/h2>\n<p>Watching Lorch rebuild his career at Wydad Athletic Club, Khune believes the national team can no longer pretend the attacker doesn\u2019t exist. In 13 appearances for the Moroccan giants this season, Lorch has hit the net six times while creating three assists. <\/p>\n<p>Also read: Time for Kaizer Chiefs coaches to listen to Mmodi\u2019s ex-coach?<\/p>\n<p>Lorch hasn\u2019t worn a Bafana Bafana jersey since 2022, shortly after Hugo Broos began his tenure. At the time, the exclusion raised eyebrows. Now, with Lorch making waves and standing tall on the global stage, those questions are getting louder.<\/p>\n<p>Khune was careful to put out a respectful tone, saying he understands the responsibility of selecting a national squad and does not enjoy publicly questioning coaches. But as he put it, honesty forced his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not one to question a national team coach\u2019s selections, and anyone who knows me will tell you that I fully respect the process and the responsibility that comes with choosing a squad, but I have to be honest with myself and ask a question that has been bothering me for months now: where is Thembinkosi Lorch in this Bafana Bafana team?\u201d the Kaizer Chiefs legend said via <em>Soccer Laduma<\/em>. \u201cI say this with nothing but love for the badge and the players who have been selected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look at what Lorch is doing at Wydad right now, I can\u2019t help but feel that his omission is becoming harder and harder to justify. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man is playing regularly, he is performing consistently, and he has rebuilt himself into the kind of attacking threat that any national team would want at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw him at the FIFA Club World Cup, and he didn\u2019t hide, he didn\u2019t shrink, he didn\u2019t disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: Kaizer Chiefs must recall this player before he signs for a new club<\/p>\n<p>From Khune\u2019s concluding perspective, the usual explanations don\u2019t add up. Age? Lorch is 32, but older players are still trusted in the squad.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-you-agree-with-the-kaizer-chiefs-legend\">DO YOU AGREE WITH THE KAIZER CHIEFS LEGEND?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Chiefs #legend #big #case #Lorch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afcon 2025 is around the corner, and Kaizer Chiefs\u2019 goalkeeping icon, Itumeleng Khune, is bothered by Thembinkosi Lorch\u2019s absence from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43220,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218\/revisions\/43220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}