Benni McCarthy Amazulu Sundowns

Benni McCarthy (Head Coach) of AmaZulu during the DStv Premiership 2020/21 game between AmaZulu and Tshakhuma FC at Kings Park Stadium on 21 March 2021 © Steve Haag/BackpagePix

Benni McCarthy claims Amazulu can win the Champions League

Amazulu coach Benni McCarthy took a dig at Kaizer Chiefs in saying that he backs his team to lift the biggest trophy on the continent.

Benni McCarthy Amazulu Sundowns

Benni McCarthy (Head Coach) of AmaZulu during the DStv Premiership 2020/21 game between AmaZulu and Tshakhuma FC at Kings Park Stadium on 21 March 2021 © Steve Haag/BackpagePix

Amazulu head coach Benni McCarthy is happy with the backing given to him by club president Sandile Zungu and feels the club can go all the way in the Champions League.

Kaizer Chiefs’ failure to win the Caf Champions League final ensured that Amazulu would enter the competition for the first time in their history.

Amazulu can win the Champions League

McCarthy took a dig at Kaizer Chiefs in saying that he backs his team to lift the biggest trophy on the continent.

“We can go one better than Kaizer Chiefs in the Champions League. No disrespect to Chiefs but we genuinely think we can do better‚” he said as Amazulu unveiled new players on Thursday.

“The president (Zungu) said it, we’re not going in there in the Champions League just to add numbers. We’re going because we see ourselves as title contenders.

“If we look at what we did last season (when we) finished second, and what Kaizer Chiefs did in the league (eighth-place finish) and then finished runners up in the Champions League, I think we got a hell of a shot of going all the way.

“With all due respect to Chiefs, but I think if they can reach the final of the Champions League, we can go one better. Why not?

“So I’m genuinely not meaning that to disrespect anybody, but I think jah, we challenge ourselves everyday and we think we have got what it takes.

“They (Chiefs) are a great club, they’re fantastic. Domestically they’ve shown us what they can do and in the continent they showed what they can do. We’ve shown what we can do domestically, and now we got a chance to show what we can do internationally. We want to go one better.”

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Backing Usuthu stalwarts

McCarthy is keen to build on the successes of last season with strategic strengthening rather than wholesale changes to his squad.

“What this team did last season‚ it would have been criminal to get rid of the guys who worked extremely hard. Bringing new blood was basically about where we could have strengthened given what we’re about to embark on‚ especially in the Caf Champions League‚” McCarthy said.

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