The mistakes we make are very crucial – Komphela
Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela bemoans the costly ‘mistake’ that led to Amakhosi’s exit from the Telkom Knockout.
Steve Komphela, coach of Kaizer Chiefs (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)
Chiefs were knocked of the competition by Bidvest Wits on Saturday courtesy of a James Keene header in the first half.
“I thought the first half we didn’t do well and obviously the red card we conceded changed dimensions,” Komphela told SuperSport TV after the match.
“The second half was better, we created more chances and we spent more time on their half than ours. It’s just unfortunate that we have to lose matches of this calibre. But again the lesson we’ve learned is that the mistakes we make are very crucial we cannot afford that.”
Komphela also explained his decision to take out defender Daniel Cardoso and replace him with striker Gustavo Paez in the second half.
“You had to be positive, you’re losing, it’s a knockout competition. You had to make a choice, you compromise one of the defenders I thought it worked well. Even when we suffered one man, we could have scored here, the chance that Zuma had when he hit the crossbar and the one where he clashed with the goalkeeper. In matches of this calibre you have to take one of them,” commented Komphela.
