On Wednesday Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Dillon Sheppard spoke to media ahead of their Nedbank Cup last 16 clash against Motsepe Foundation Championship side Casric Stars, expressing his views on why only one Amakhosi player has been named in the Bafana Bafana preliminary squad.
Chiefs’ rivals Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates have a few players in the squad, with the DStv Premiership champions dominating the squad with nine players and Pirates being represented by four players.
Img – Dillon Sheppard
Sheppard said it is their responsibility to improve the players at Naturena to ensure they raise hands for national team selection. He stated that they must support the coach’s selection and work hard to improve their players so they can be selected.
“We are all here for the nation and it’s up to the coach to select the players he feels are going to do the nation proud. We are here to support him. As a coach, we’d love to see our players in the national team, but the coach has to make a selection and we’ve got to support the selection and we have to work hard to improve our players so that they can be up there for selection,” Sheppard said.
Bafana Bafana are due to play Liberia in back-to-back qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
