On Thursday, Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane revealed his motivating factor for the club to qualify for the CAF Champions League. Chiefs have been struggling to climb up in the DStv Premiership standings, and recently suffered a 1-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns, dropping down to sixth on the log.
Zwane has admitted that their realistic target would be chasing a second place finish, which guarantees CAF Champions League football. Chiefs defied the odds in 2021 to reach the final of Africa’s premier club competition and fell short by one last match to win it for the first time in the club’s history after going down 3-0 to Al Ahly in the final.
The Amakhosi legend said that it’s important for them to qualify for the CAF Champions League, as it helps the players grow. “Ja, look we really wanna go and play in the (CAF) Champions League next season,” said Zwane in a press conference. “So I want to go back there. I think that will help our boys to grow, to know how is it like to compete at that level, because some of these players must come back and represent the country at international level.”
Chiefs have not won a trophy since 2015 and given that they are 25 points behind table-toppers Sundowns (with two games in hand), their only hope of winning silverware is the Nedbank Cup, which starts early next month. Zwane went on to suggest that they will go all out in the Nedbank Cup to avoid the trophy drought stretching to eight seasons.
“The team has not been winning cups for many years and Nedbank we’ll give our outmost best as well to make sure that we go all the way and win it if we can,” he added.
Keagan Dolly opens up about his lukewarm performances so far in the Kaizer Chiefs jersey, including last night against Mamelodi Sundowns. pic.twitter.com/Imr0VEoE7l
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