Arthur Zwane blames injuries for Kaizer Chiefs’ poor season. Image twitter @KiazerChiefs
Zwane blames injuries for Kaizer Chiefs’ poor season
Zwane insists injuries were his biggest enemy but says he’s still ambitious and still wants to win the league and trophies with Chiefs.
Arthur Zwane blames injuries for Kaizer Chiefs’ poor season. Image twitter @KiazerChiefs
Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane says injuries were the biggest reason why his team had a poor season.
Amakhosi finished 5th in the DStv Premiership last season and went trophyless for eight consecutive seasons.
Chiefs appointed Zwane as head coach last year in May replacing Stuart Baxter.
Following his appointment, Amakhosi fans had hope tha tthe man known as ‘10111’, could finally turn the tide and bring glory days to Naturena. His debut season however, didn’t go according to plan as he suffered a record 12 defeats in the league.
Zwane says the biggest problem last season was injuries
The former Chiefs winger said injuries halted his side’s progress.
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“Being unveiled as head coach was a dream come true,” Zwane said on Kaizer Chiefs TV.
“We wanted to make sure that the project succeeds. We ended the season on a very, very low note after we started very, very well. It’s just that things were not consistent. The fluctuation of results also unsettled us,” he said.
Zwane saw Khama Billiat, Keagan Dolly, Mduduzi Shabalala and Sifiso Hlanti get injured during the critical phase of the season.
“To sum it up all, I would say injuries hindered our progress this past season and unfortunately it’s something we couldn’t control, we couldn’t control injuries.
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“Football is a contact sport and anything can happen. I’ve never seen so many injuries in one season. We lost two players at some point, who collided with each other – it just didn’t make sense,” said Zwane.
When reviewing the 2022/23 campaign. the 49-year-old said injuries were his biggest enemy.
“As I said, injuries were the enemy of progress,” Zwane added.
“It was for sure a tough one, but everything happens for a reason. We are all part of the game.
“I’m a coach, who is ambitious, who wants to win games. The first thing as a coach, you want to win the league, you want to win silverware,” he said.
