Kaizer Chiefs News Today: Amakhosi told how to beat Downs as Petersen explains motivation behind performances

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Kaizer Chiefs News Today: Amakhosi told how to beat Downs as Petersen explains motivation behind performances
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The latest news about Kaizer Chiefs in the last 24 hours, including Amakhosi being challenged to stop Mamelodi Sundowns, Brandon Petersen on what motivates him to deliver and more.

Make Downs work! Chiefs told

With Kaizer Chiefs set to face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Betway Premiership, statistician Yusuf Muhammed has urged Amakhosi to play a key role in shaping the title race.

He reminded Chiefs that they previously made Orlando Pirates “work hard” in the Soweto derby and says they now have a chance to do the same against Sundowns by taking the game seriously and improving their finishing.

Muhammed also pointed to Chiefs’ history of influencing the title race in past seasons, highlighting how results against other contenders have had major impacts.

“You want a team going for the title to work for the title. You made Pirates work hard, so make Sundowns work for it also. We have an opportunity as a team to give the viewers an opportunity to take the title to the last weekend,” Muhammad said on Kaizer Chiefs Radio.

“And I think we should do that, it’s very important. Take most of your opportunities, it’s something that started around the Sundowns game (in the first round) and that has gone to other games, that conversion rate, that’s when it started at the beginning of the season, creating chances and not scoring.

Bruce Bvuma, Wandile Duba and Mfundo Vilakazi of Kaizer Chiefs
Bruce Bvuma, Wandile Duba and Mfundo Vilakazi of Kaizer Chiefs. Photo: Kaizer Chiefs

“Everybody never talks about this, but in 2010/11 (season), we basically gave Pirates the title. In our second-last game, we were playing against Ajax (Cape Town), and Ajax were running for the title against Pirates. We beat Ajax 4-0, and Pirates won and got the opportunity to get back in, so we’ve helped Pirates before; they should never say we never did them a favour,” Muhammad concluded.

Amakhosi advised on approach to employ vs Downs

Former Kaizer Chiefs defender Bevan Fransman has suggested an approach Amakhosi should take to expose “frailties” in the Mamelodi Sundowns setup in the Betway Premiership clash on Wednesday night.

“The results are showing that Sundowns are formidable, but every team has its frailties. No matter how good they are, there are frailties, and we’ve seen in the past, once you really go at their defence, decide to be brave on the ball and attack them, sometimes they struggle,” Fransman said on Kaizer Chiefs Radio.

“We saw in the CAF Champions League. Yes, there the level is different, but even Richards Bay FC played with a very high tempo, moved the ball a lot, and had a lot of vertical play, not too much time on build-up to allow them, because they are very experienced.

Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns

“But once you go (at them) with speed, you don’t give them a chance to organise, because once you give them a chance to organise, now it becomes hard to break them down,” Fransman concluded.

Petersen on what is driving him at Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Brandon Petersen has opened up about the driving force behind his impressive turnaround, dating back to last season’s Nedbank Cup final.

“Obviously, in the beginning, joining Chiefs, it was a big thing for me. And also, if you look at the calibre of goalkeepers that they had donning the Kaizer Chiefs jersey, it’s guys that made it their own, and they have history in it,” Petersen told iDiski Times.

“In the beginning, it was a bit difficult for me, trying to live up to expectations and all of that. I think the moment of realisation for me came when I told myself that, ‘Look, you’re not here to fill someone’s position. You’re not here to step into someone’s shoes. You’re here to run your own race’. 

Brandon Petersen of Kaizer Chiefs could get World Cup boost.
Brandon Petersen of Kaizer Chiefs could get World Cup boost. Image – Kaizer Chiefs

“Things were set out for each and every individual that has donned that jersey before, and they wrote their own history, and for me, it’s important to write my own. 

“I don’t want to be remembered as someone who was just standing in for another keeper or someone who donned the jersey before me, but to obviously write my own legacy and the team’s legacy and be part of the history of the club,” Petersen added.

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