Chippa United interim coach Siyabulela Gwambi praised his side despite narrowly losing 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns.
Chippa United’s Siyabulela Gwambi takes positives from Mamelodi Sundowns loss
Chippa United interim coach Siyabulela Gwambi praised his side despite narrowly losing 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns.
Chippa United interim coach Siyabulela Gwambi praised his side despite narrowly losing 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns.
Chippa United interim coach Siyabulela Gwambi praised his side despite narrowly losing 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns on Monday.
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Peter Shalulile netted a 74th minute winner after Augustine Kwem had levelled the scores following Themba Zwane’s opener from the penalty spot on 16 minutes.
The result left the Chilli Boys in 15th place with 17 points from 22 matches, two points behind 14th-placed Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila and safety.
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Speaking after the game, Siyabulela Gwambi told SuperSport: “I think we executed our plan very well, we knew that they were going to look at wide spaces, overloading on one side and in some instances they will look at pushing their wing-backs forward.
“So our approach was to tell our wingers not to go forward, wait for them to build up and then we start committing. I think we executed the plan well we’re just unfortunate to concede a penalty.
“Now it immediately put us under pressure but overall we had a much improved second-half, this is the time where we have to motivate more, tell the guys to always believe. So we had a much improved second half that we can build on from here.”
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Chippa United are next in action against Pretoria Callies in the semi-finals of the Nedbank Cup on Saturday.
Kick-off is at 15:00.
“We’re playing against Pretoria Callies, they had the luxury of watching our games, we’re not. So we have another task to go for the Nedbank Cup semi-final which is not going to be easy,” Siyabulela Gwambi added.
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“We’re not going to say we’re playing against GladAfrica Championship team, we’re playing a Nedbank Cup semi-final, so our approach shouldn’t be different to what you see, maybe there could be a change of personnel there and there, to ensure that we convert as many chances as possible.”
