Kaizer Jnr (Director of Football), Cavin Johnson (interim coach) and Bobby Motaung (Football Manager) at Kaizer Chiefs. Image: X.
Johnson on what Chiefs must do
It was not a bad dream. Lower division minnows Milford FC sent Kaizer Chiefs out of the Nedbank Cup. What’s next?
Kaizer Jnr (Director of Football), Cavin Johnson (interim coach) and Bobby Motaung (Football Manager) at Kaizer Chiefs. Image: X.
When it rains it pours. Kaizer Chiefs are out of the Nedbank Cup, courtersy of a lower division club.
NEDBANK CUP: KAIZER CHIEFS 0-0 (4-5) MILFORD FC
Unlike rivals Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, Amakhosi will not be in the Nedbank Cup final 16.
Chiefs hosted the Motsepe Foundation Championship (MFC) club on Sunday evening at FNB. The result after 120 minutes was a goalless draw. The hero was Milford’s Man of the Match goalkeeper Siphamandla Hleza.
Penalty shootouts further resulted in a 4-5 loss to Amakhosi. Edson Castillo missed the second spot kick, before Hleza scored the winner.
The result leaves Chiefs with nine seasons without winning a trophy.
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CAVIN JOHNSON CALLS FOR LEAGUE FOCUS
Speaking to the media after the game, the interim coach Johnson says the team needs to move on by playing better league football.
“I am sure they will have been able to see the game… it is not that we allowed them to come at us,” Johnson said, as quoted by the Citizen.
“We tried the best we could to get as far as we could, with the trophy drought as it is.
“Now we have lost, so the only thing we can do is repay the people by playing properly in the league,” the Chiefs tactician added.
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