Even Mourinho & Guardiola can’t save Chiefs? Miguel adamant ‘it doesn’t matter if coach speaks Chinese, Japanese…’

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Even Mourinho & Guardiola can’t save Chiefs? Miguel adamant ‘it doesn’t matter if coach speaks Chinese, Japanese…’
Inacio Miguel and Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director Motaung Jr, Image - Kaizer Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs defender Inacio Miguel insists it is up to the players to deliver on the pitch consistently as opposed to making changes in the technical team in search of results.

Currently, the Soweto giants have gone four games, across all competitions, without a win. They have three back-to-back draws in the Premier Soccer League and a 1-0 defeat to Red Arrows in the first leg of the second preliminary round in the CAF Confederation Cup.

The heat is slowly turning to coach Fernando Da Cruz who came in at the start of the season. The tactician replaced Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef who were serving on a short-term deal following the exit of Nasreddine Nabi.

The Angolan is adamant that not even the best coaches can push the team for the results if the players are not ready to deliver.

It is easy to judge coaches, but…

“No, obviously not, football has something specific, the language of football is universal. You don’t even need to speak; football talks for itself,” Miguel said in a presser.

“It’s very easy to judge coaches and to judge staff, but in the end of the day it’s us players that we are on the field, It’s our responsibility, my responsibility, starting from me.

Kaizer Chiefs coach Fernando da Cruz.
Kaizer Chiefs coach Fernando da Cruz. Image: Kaizer Chiefs

“You can bring [José] Mourinho, you can bring [Pep] Guardiola, [but] if us players don’t fight, if we don’t have the commitment on the pitch, it doesn’t matter if the coach speak Chinese or Japanese or Portuguese because in the end of the day, it’s our actions that actually demands result in the pitch.”

We have to do better

“So for me, there is no barrier between the coach and the players. Everything is very clear, it’s just a matter of us changing the behaviour and being honest with ourselves that we’re not good enough. We’re not doing good enough,” he explained.

“So I’m not here to find excuses, that thing for me the barrier language is just an excuse for something that is not working. We have to do better and period, there is no barrier between us and the coaches in terms of understanding what’s the game plan, what’s the ideas of the coach. It’s very clear.

Inacio Miguel
Inacio Miguel against Stellenbosch, Image – Kaizer Chiefs

“It’s up on us. It’s up to me, starting from me, I have to talk to myself and say Miguel you have to do better you’re not doing enough and passing that to my teammates, passing that to everyone that, ‘come on gents, we have to do better.’

“We can do better. We have done better. So it’s just a phase. I hope that it will pass and starting from [Friday against Red Arrows,” he concluded.

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