Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane. Image: Twitter/@KaizerChiefs
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Courtesy of the Chiefs website, coach Arthur Zwane has provided some key first-hand information prior to the clash against TS Galaxy.
Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane. Image: Twitter/@KaizerChiefs
Chiefs and Galaxy will lock horns for their first time this season, with the visitors having had more time to prepare considering they last played on 8 October in a 0-0 against Swallows FC.
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Meanwhile, Chiefs are coming off a loss to Chippa United on Saturday, but before that they built up some real momentum as they rose into the top five on the DStv Premiership log.
Wednesday’s match will kick off at 19:30.
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Prior to kick-off check out this insightful Q&A from Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane:
On the state of the Chiefs squad:
We welcome Zitha (Kwinika) back, because Siya (Ngezana) is not available for selection. We played Khama Billiat last week and seems ready to give us more minutes. We have some players who have played a lot of games and we may look at resting some them ahead of the weekend’s cup semi-final. We need all our soldiers available for that one.
On goalkeeping changes:
Itu (Khune) is doing well at training. He looks okay at the moment; we are just hoping he is not going to experience the same problem again when we play him. Other than that, we have a clean bill of health. Everyone is available for selection.
On the momentum from the TS Galaxy game ahead of the crunch MTN 8 semi-final over the weekend:
It’s key for us to get maximum points building up to the MTN 8 semi-final. The boys are looking okay, they’re looking good. We are not going to allow the previous game to dampen our spirit and take our confidence away. So far, we’ve done well and we will get it right and achieve consistency. From our previous games, it’s clear something good is happening, we will continue to focus on the positives to get things going.
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On whether the weekend Cup game is a factor ahead of the midweek league game:
Most definitely. Time is ticking very fast. The games as much as they’re coming, it’s about how we’re managing players, to make sure that they use their rest time efficiently. They need their bodies to go out and perform. We have to make sure on Sunday that we go to the final, there is no doubt about it and no two ways about it.
On opponents TS Galaxy:
They’ve got a good team. They’re just unfortunate to find themselves where they are. They made life difficult for Sundowns. They were defending too deep and playing more on the counter attack. With us, I don’t think they will want to do that, they will want to take the game to us, which is good for us, as we will manage to find those spaces to exploit.
On whether TS Galaxy are a “hoodoo team” for Amakhosi:
I don’t think so. They’ve never been our hoodoo team. We just happened to lose to them in the Nedbank final. I looked at many other games we’ve played against them and we’ve won more games than we’ve lost to them.
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