Kaizer Chiefs full-back Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya was delighted to get his first start in over a year in the Amakhosi’s 2-0 win over Sekhukhune United last Sunday.
Ntiya-Ntiya was drafted into the team following Chiefs’ Covid-19 outbreak that saw them unable to honour fixtures against Cape Town City and Golden Arrows.
The 25-year-old has not seen much game time in recent times at the club, and was even placed on the transfer list at the start of the season. However he now hopes to seize this opportunity and build from it.
“To start the game was a great feeling,” Ntiya-Ntiya said on the Chiefs website.
“It has been a long time since I started a league game and I am happy to have stepped in after such a long time.
“And to then gel with the team is a really positive thing. I feel hundred percent that I gave the team a good performance. It was good for me and for the team, because we were able to sharpen the squad.”
“My physicality is on the right track. To play for that long after starting a game for the first time in over a year shows that. Not every player can start a game after a year and play almost 90 minutes.
“My next step from here is to get more game time. So that I can improve myself and we never know, I can get into the national set up one day, I do feel that the coaches now have a good headache, as we have all put up our hands with Sunday’s showing.
“We need to push each other because we are all working for the team.”
Chiefs’ next fixture is away against Royal AM, who they will face at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday.
