Kaizer Chiefs secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Casric Stars in their Nedbank Cup Round of 16 clash at the FNB Stadium on Tuesday night.
Goals from Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana and Ashley du Preez were enough to see the Soweto giants through to the next round of the competition.
Head coach Arthur Zwane was pleased with the result, but admitted that they nearly made it difficult for themselves due to a lack of focus.
“We started off very well, we put them under pressure and we forced a penalty,” Zwane told SuperSport after the game.
“Then from that moment I thought we’ll keep the momentum, we would force them to make more mistakes, so they commit mistakes, then we score goals. “I think again we slowed down a little bit, then we had to make changes in the second half just to put them under pressure because Caleb was also struggling a little bit. We knew ‘Ash’ [Du Preez] with his speed and doing the pockets and also puts Solly [Solomons] on the right so that we can have speed on the right because there was that space for us to exploit but we did not capitalise. “But we created few chances from the space behind in the right especially and we were unfortunate not to take those chances but ja we nearly made it difficult for ourselves. You look at the goal we conceded, came out of complacency and ja, it’s one of those things.”
Zwane was ultimately pleased with the introduction of Du Preez and Dillan, who made an impact in the second half and helped the team secure a place in the quarterfinals of the Nedbank Cup.
Full time score: (Caleb. Pen 11’, Du Preez 63’) Kaizer Chiefs 2 : 1 Casric Stars (Mosadi 61’)
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