WeeklySA_AdminBELIEF: SEKHUKHUNE UP AGAINST A WOUNDED CHIEFS
By Sports Reporter
Amakhosi will want to wrap up their Umcimbi waMakhosi campaign in Durban on a positive note after having had a mixed bag of results in the first two matches played at the venue in the last three weeks.
This will be Amakhosi’s third and final Betway Premiership home game of the current season to be hosted in Surf City when they welcome Sekhukhune United to the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
In their first match, Chiefs beat Chippa but then dropped all three points against Golden Arrows in the second one last weekend.
The visiting team, Sekhukhune United, have their tails up and will want to continue their winning run after an emphatic 3-0 victory over SuperSport United in their last league match played in Polokwane on the weekend.
The result took Babina Noko up to 3rd spot on the Betway Premiership log, on 23 points from 12 matches. Amakhosi are now 6th, with 18 points from 13 outings.
With Coach Nasreddine Nabi having been shown a red card in the tunnel after the end of the last match, assistant coach Khalil Ben Youssef will lead Amakhosi’s technical team on the bench.
The 1-0 defeat at the hands of Lamontville Golden Arrows has added extra incentive to win this time around in order to keep their Betway Premiership campaign on track.
One of the bright sparks of the season so far has been the increased involvement of teenage prodigy, Mfundo Vilakazi, who has worked his way into the starting line-up after impressing a number of times from the bench this season.
Speaking exclusively to kaizerchiefs.com, ‘Obrigado’, as he is affectionately known, emphasises the need to maintain a strong work ethic which he believes will pay off in the long run, beginning with the assignment at hand, namely Beating Sekhukhune United.
“As a team, we are ready for this game,” he says, “We won’t be taking them for granted. We are very serious in our approach to the game because we want to win, and that will take a great effort. Everyone is motivated to give everything on the field to get the result.”
Vilakazi’s incredible exploits at youth level marked him out early as a potential future superstar and his seamless ascension into the senior ranks suggests he is on course to fulfil those lofty predictions.
While Chiefs have striven for consistency, occasionally yielding patchy performances and results, the Amakhosi faithful have stood solidly behind the team, even amid some murmurings of discontent, and acknowledges their frustrations while appreciating their loyalty.
“Our fans have been brilliant in the way they have been supporting us, and we have been very disappointed on the occasions when results have gone against us, He admits, “We understand their complaints because we want nothing more than to give them a reason to celebrate.
We really want to win on Sunday to give our fans something to smile about and keep coming back to support us. It means a lot. We just need to keep working hard. The results will come.”
The Betway Premiership encounter between Kaizer Chiefs and Sekhukhune United at Moses Mabhida Stadium kicks off at 15:30.
