Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director says it would have been great to have secured qualification with a game to spare but is pleased that all remains in their hands as they head to Cairo for the group finale.
Chiefs travel to Egypt next to face Egyptian giants Zamalek, needing to avoid defeat to secure a place in the knockout stages as they sit top of Group D with 10 points from five games, after three consecutive wins.
Having beat ZESCO United home and away, they followed up with a 2-1 win over Al Masry at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
“Hard fought three point to take us where we wanna be, we’re one step closer,” Motaung Jr told SABC Sport after the game.
“There’s still a lot of work to do, the permutations can go different kind of ways next, so there’s a big job for us to do when we get to Egypt.
“I think the planning behind the… strategy for this oppotion, credit must go to the players who fight and give eveything on the field, the technical staff are giving everything they can, and the Chairman and board in terms of support and logistics, supporting us on our travels.
“So there’s a collective effort, big job next week, we will talk once we know we’re through for certain next week, but now there’s one more big game next week. We showed character today, wasn’t the prettiest. But we knew we had to get a win.
“We would have loved to get by two goals to qualify automatically, but determination, courage, was there, they fought hard and at the end of the day we got three points, put ourselves in a position to make sure it’s in our hands next week, that’s all we could ask for.”
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