In this edition of My Muti Story, Orlando Pirates legend and CAF Champions League winner Gavin Lane pleads with the club not to stop using Muthi.
The Buccaneers dominated the headlines in Algeria during their CAF Champions League, with their opponents, MC Alger not happy with the players standing in their goalposts for too long.
Pirates won the first leg 1-0, and the two sides will clash again in the second leg on Wednesday in Orlando Stadium.
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"Every country, every team wants to use muti, but the problem is, the strength is not equal; the North African players they've got their superstitions; you hear of one player believing in putting the left sock on before the right one and this kind of nonsense," Lane tells KickOff.
"It might not be muti but you are still doing something. And I'm sure all the African countries they all use muti.
"I remember when we were in Nigeria with Pirates, they threw some stuff on the back of Helman Mkhalele, and his body was itching almost the whole second half.
"The way he was scratching himself at some point, the game stopped, and they had to wash his back and put on a new Pirates shirt on him because he couldn't play.
"You go to Gabon, you go to Ghana, there's plenty of muti and I don't think it's ever gonna stop. It's an African thing. I remember at one stage I almost bliksemed a Pirates muti man for hitting me with his horse tail during a muti session. Yeah, it was painful.
"At Swallows there was muti, at AmaZulu there was also muti. In 1995 I believed in it because I wanted the club to win. We all did it. Years earlier there was once this Pirates striker, Etienne Nsunda; he and John Moeti didn't want to hear a thing about Muti; they hated the stuff. As their teammates, we had to convince them to play along. I don't think they were very happy with it, but they ended up taking part.
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"So ja Pirates, they should continue using their muti. They must not stop. They must carry on, and if everybody else in Algeria thinks it's working, then why stop it? Use that to your advantage.
"Let's go win the match on Wednesday, the North Africans they must chill out and stop throwing things and flares at people."