Kaizer Chiefs Football Manager Bobby Motaung has put his full support behind the side’s technical team lead by Fernando Da Cruz, despite the inconsistency in results this season.
Da Cruz joined Amakhosi at the start of the season, replacing the co-coaching duo of Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef who helped the side reach the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup and finish in the top three in the Betway Premiership last term.
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Da Cruz’s stint started fairly well but lack of consistent results in the league saw the side slip down the table after picking up five draws in their last six games. They are currently in fifth position with 14 points, nine points from leaders Mamelodi Sundowns who have played a game more.
Chiefs were also eliminated from the MTN8 in the first round and they also exited the Confederation Cup at the preliminary stage.
Motaung said the technical team is of high standards with a long term vision and people should understand success doesn’t happen overnight therefore should be patient with the coach.
“I’m happy,” said Motaung on Marawa Sports Worldwide.
“My coach owns the change room, controls the change room. If you hear how people are fired in other clubs or whatever, we’re not in a circus game.
“We’re looking at the vision and forward thinking, and we’re looking at a plan that we agreed on with the coach long term. I mean look at the players who are playing now like [Wandile] Duba, how old is Duba, look at [Mfundo] Vilakazi, all of them, the coach believes in them.
“And look at the structure of the team, look at how he prepares the team, look at technical aspects of the team, it’s high level. But the only thing is patience and time, doesn’t happen overnight like I say, there’s injuries that happened.
“We have players coming back from injury, stabilising the team. Also, the coach has to understand the league. I think when the coach came in, the league is unique. PSL league is not easy, it’s tough. It’s very unique, and you need a coach that understands the dynamics.
“We don’t need a short term vision we need a long term vision. What I think without dwelling into it, this is a high level coach that we’ve got, technical staff professional, high level.
“I can tell you about local coaches who come in at 9 o’clock, 11 o’clock at the village. We’ve got a facility there that’s got Sports Science, it’s got everything. These coaches leave at 5 o’clock, 6 o’clock, working on that, planning and looking at everything.
“Football is a journey, and I think with patience and confidence that we give to the team, and the players also being professional because we need our South African players, young players, to understand the level of competition, that to go to compete in Champions League in Africa or whatever, you need high level technical ability.
“And I think we’ve hired a high level coach he just needs time.”