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The Chilli Boys were no match for Sundowns at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium last Saturday, denting Chippa’s hopes of a top-eight push in the South African Premier Soccer League.
And Chippa United head coach Norman Mapeza has explained what was missing from his side’s display after their 3-0 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns.
Chippa were reduced to 10 men in the first-half after Sandile Mthethwa’s straight red card but Mapeza felt there was no creativity from his side on the day.
“It wasn’t bad, you can tell the difference in quality but there were some other positives to take from the game, if you look at the few chances we created in the first-half, maybe we could have managed to get something out of it,” Mapeza told SuperSport after the match.
“But you know it wasn’t easy for the boys and after the red card it got worse you know. To play a quality team like Sundowns with ten men it’s always difficult. We have to keep on working hard, if you look at our position, we’re still in the woods, each and every week we try to work on those mistakes which we picked up during the games. We didn’t defend well, we didn’t have enough creativity in the final third, so those are the things we are gonna go back and try to work on,” said the Zimbabwean mentor.—Soccer Laduma
Bongani Ndlovu
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