Kaizer Chiefs head coach Fernando Da Cruz has reacted after his team were eliminated from the MTN8 this past weekend.
Amakhosi suffered a 1-0 defeat to Golden Arrows in the MTN8 quarter-final on Sunday evening.
Speaking after the match, Da Cruz felt his side played well but just failed to find the back of the net.
Kaizer Chiefs suffer defeat
“The mindset, the comfort of the player, nothing to say because we missed a lot of chances today,” he said on KickOff.
“The score is unfortunately the only one goal changes in the half and after that we tried to come back, but we had a lack of efficiency there.”
Kaizer Chiefs conceded a goal just after half time after goalkeeper Brandon Petersen made a blunder by failing to deal with a cross. The Amakhosi coach though did not blame his captain for the loss. feeling the entire team was also to blame.
“I will look at the goal because I will watch the game, but I think the player missed his cross and we lose it all the team lose, I don’t want to say we lost because of one player,” he said.
When asked why he did not start with new signings, the Kaizer Chiefs coach explained that ex-Stellenbosch star Langelihle Phili was not ready to start.
“They are coming into the team step-by-step, Phili needs to work physically again a little bit and to understand also our modern game, but they will come step-by-step,” Da Cruz said.
