Midway through the first half Radebe tried passing square across his back line, gave the ball straight to Yeboah, and watched open-mouthed as Yeboah ran through on goal. Was Tony distracted, even momentarily, by a thought of sympathy, a twinge of pity for his friend?
Tired after playing for Leeds against Reading, Phil Masinga had to be persuaded into the first match in South Africa. The next day, for Ghana, Tony Yeboah was volleying fresh.
The Baseball Ground's half-time song was, 'Brian Deane is a wanker', and Jim Smith's tactic was to keep five at the back but also two up front and keep up the sort of pressure that had striker Marco Gabbiadini trying to get to the ball through Richard Jobson's face. It worked.
Leeds scored their third goal while Cantona was off the pitch, having stitches. When he finally reappeared on the touchline he was no longer Elland Road's king in absentia, but a fallen one. Tomas Brolin had taken his crown.
A baton will be passed on Sunday, a family inheritance. But Andy Gray will be handing down a beginning, not a destiny.