WeeklySA_AdminRETALIATION: QUEST FOR SECOND SPOT CONTINUES FOR AMAKHOSI
By Sports Reporter
After knocking Royal AM out of the Nedbank Cup to advance to the semi-finals, Kaizer Chiefs will switch their focus back to the DStv Premiership this weekend. The Glamour Boys will travel to Polokwane where they will play another Nedbank semi-finalist, Sekhukhune United, on Sunday.
The two teams will meet for the second time in the league this season, the first coming on 7 January at FNB Stadium. Sekhukhune won that match and Chiefs will want to retaliate by claiming all three points this coming weekend.
Chiefs are unbeaten in six matches and want to maintain the current run of form with a victory that will help them keep up in the race for second position on the log.
Coach Arthur Zwane will be forced to make at least two changes to his team, as regular left-back S’fiso Hlanti and midfielder Siyethemba Sithebe are suspended for the match. The duo picked up their fourth yellow cards in the match against Royal AM. On the log, Chiefs are still in position four, with 41 points from 25 matches. The hosts are 7th on the standings after collecting 32 points in their 25 games played.
Coach Arthur Zwane was full of praise for the commitment of his players after they ground out a hard-fought, yet well-deserved 2-1 victory after extra time over Royal AM at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday, to book a spot in the semi-finals of this year’s Nedbank Cup.
Amakhosi had to come from falling a goal behind, but refused to give up on their dream of lifting a Cup in front of their loyal fans this season, and clawed their way back to take the team a step closer to achieving their ambition of putting silverware back in the Amakhosi trophy cabinet.
“Though we did not create chances in the opening 20 to 25 minutes, we were getting out of the pressing traps they set for us. We gave away a goal against the run of play, and were lucky not to concede a second in similar fashion from a corner,” Zwane said after the match, adding “but because of the pressure we applied we forced them to make a mistake – that’s our game; it has been working for us, a high tempo game – which resulted in them scoring an own goal.
Kick-off at 15:00 on Sunday at Peter Mokaba Stadium.
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