Benni McCarthy has spoken about what he thinks of Kaizer Chiefs ahead of their visit to AmaZulu this weekend.
Benni McCarthy has spoken about what he thinks of Kaizer Chiefs ahead of their visit to AmaZulu this weekend.
The Glamour Boys are struggling at the moment and are languishing outside the Top 8, while Usuthu have recently moved up the DStv Premiership table having had a rather tepid start themselves from their earlier games.
“The win (against Baroka) was a morale booster because when the schedule came out, we had Cape Town City, Sundowns, Swallows, SuperSport United, Golden Arrows, Baroka and now Chiefs. It’s like they wanted to send us to our death very soon,” the AmaZulu coach told the media this week.
“But we preserved and got positive results, although we dropped some against teams that are our direct rivals by being in and around the Top 8. When you don’t lose to these teams you always give yourself a chance. But when you win one game and go 13 to seven, it’s a hell of a jump. It shows how tough and competitive the league to be able to jump that much.”
McCarthy still considers Amakhosi a danger despite them only registering one win in their five league matches up to now.
“We are finding our groove now, but we know we are up against a fearsome team with incredibly good players. On their day they can punish and hurt any team. You might capitalize when you get them when they are not at their best, like some other teams did. But Chiefs will always bounce back because they have players with big match temperament. We are preparing for a clash of the titans,” he explained.
“Chiefs, in the history of SA, is a big one. But I think we prepare the way we do for every game, trying to focus on ourselves more. We fix what we need to fix and how we need to get back to our best – where we are in control most of the time and not play into their hands and their strength. It’s our home game and we need to set the tone and control the pace of the game, that’s why we focus on ourselves quite a lot. I am not disrespecting any opposition, but when it comes to us we do what we have to do.”
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