Kaizer Chiefs teenage sensation raring to go

Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Mduduzi Shabalala is looking forward to the 2023/24 DStv Premiership season.

The 19-year-old has impressed last season despite Amakhosi only finishing fifth in the league.

The young midfielder says the team is feeling positive ahead of their opening league game against Chippa United on Sunday afternoon.

“So far so good,” says Shabalala on Kaizer Chiefs website, “We’ve been doing very well in training and we are looking forward to our first game. We are feeling positive.”

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Chiefs have not had a great pre-season compared to rivals Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates. Their recent pre-season tour of Tanzania and Botswana saw the Soweto giants lose two games and failed to score in both.

“There’s a lot of improvement in the team but, of course, what is important is getting results, which we haven’t done as well as we would have liked. “We are looking forward to putting that right against Chippa and getting three points,” Shabalala added.

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Amakhosi’s opponents, Chippa United have becoma a bogey team for Chiefs in recent times, but Shabalala dismisses that notion, preferring to focus on just the match ahead.

“They have been saying a lot of things about us, but we just want to go out there and express ourselves with positive energy and willingness to fight for the team,” he says, before acknowledging that they are unlikely to be pushovers, “They are a good side, with some very good players, so we are expecting a tough contest.”

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Shabalala said it was important for Chiefs to collect three points against the Chilli Boys on Sunday as it will give the team confidence ahead of their second match against Sundowns.

“The first game is very important for us to boost confidence. We play Sundowns in our second game and we want to go into that match with three points in the bag,” he said.

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Kaizer Chiefs and Chippa United FC face-off on Sunday, 6 August at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. Kick-off time is 15:00.

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