Kaizer Chiefs are a ‘laughing stock now! Soweto derby loss was so bad’

Former Kaizer Chiefs defender Isaac Mabotsa insists the Soweto derby loss to Orlando Pirates has badly lowered the reputation of Amakhosi.

On Saturday, strikes from Tshepang Moremi, Oswin Appollis and Evidence Makgopa handed Amakhosi their worst derby defeat in 25 years. Furthermore, it killed the hope of winning the Premier Soccer League title since they are 11 points behind joint leaders Bucs and Mamelodi Sundowns.

He feels the players let the Khosi nation down owing to the way they were playing at the FNB Stadium.

I was so disappointed

“Eish, it was so bad. I mean we’re a laughing stock now. To be honest I’m not happy. The boys have to know that they have disappointed millions of people. They have to know that to play for Chiefs, it’s a big institution,” he told Soccer Laduma.

“I was so disappointed, if you also check the stats, it says a lot. Football is about win or lose but the way we lost…sometimes it’s about how you lose the game, give it your all, if you lose you lose but as long as you commit yourself and give everything that you can.

“But on Saturday, it was just a bad day. I checked the stats, we had one shot (three) at goal the whole 90 minutes, it shows they had to dig deep to come back,” he added.

I was surprised Shabalala was out

“Preparations are very important, the whole week up until you step into the field. I was surprised why Shabalala was not in the team. And he’s a good player, when he’s not there you could see, it cost the team. I’m not saying he’s carrying the team but his presence you can feel it,” Mabosa added.

“The boys have to know, they are earning big money, we can’t take that away from them, it’s their time.

“But what I’m saying is that they really have to know when they go inside there, they are not playing for themselves, they are also playing for their families, millions of supporters who travel long distances, the way we lost it was bad I don’t want to lie,” he concluded.