Ex-Kaizer Chiefs keen on taming ‘mountain’ Orlando Pirates

Former Kaizer Chiefs coach Cedric Kaze has conceded it will be tough to face Orlando Pirates three times in a row.

On Saturday, Babina Noko will be at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium to host the defending MTN8 champions Bucs in the first leg of the competition. Then they will make a trip to the Orlando Amstel Arena on Tuesday for the Premier Soccer League outing.

The Sea Robbers and Sekhukhune United will then rub shoulders, once again, on Sunday, August 29, at the Orlando Amstel Arena for the second leg of the MTN8 semi-final.

Kaze insists Babina Noko have no option but to give their best and deliver against the Soweto giants.

Sekhukhune ‘have to apply their minds against Bucs’

“It’s a very big week for us, playing the same team three times; maybe the fans of football get a bonus, three times in one week,” he said ahead of the Saturday game.

“We have to manage them well, starting with the first leg against the defending champions, four times in a row, we know how big the mountain is we need to climb but we are preparing ourselves. We want to compete, starting on Saturday, we need to be at our best and show our intentions.

“We have to apply our minds, have a clear plan, that’s what will take us through the first game. Then we start preparing for the second game.

“The game is one half; there’s a second half next week, and the league game on Tuesday is once off, it’s not a knockout game, but an away game, the fourth game of the league, and there are 26 games after that,” they concluded.