Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane has insisted his side will play with no fear against defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday.
Amakhosi have actually climbed above Masandawana on the log, after Downs lost 1-0 to TS Galaxy on Wednesday, while Chiefs beat Maritzburg 3-0 on Tuesday already.
The PSL log after round 2.
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The match is highly anticipated in the South African football fraternity and Zwane has insisted his side will try to take the game to the home side.
“We don’t have fear, we fear no one,” he said, when asked by iDiski Times.
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“If we are not going to go into that game and make mistakes, then we’re not going to improve. We still have a long way to go. This will be our third game.
“If we are now thinking about losing games, we are going to lose but if we are going to go, we’re gonna go out there and express ourselves and tell ourselves we’re going away but we take the game to them – they also have their shortcomings as a club.
“We’ll look at those loopholes and see how we can punish them and if you are going to allow them to be on the ball quite often and dictate terms, you’re going to get tired and they can easily make you look like you don’t even know whether you’re coming or going.
“We have to make sure that the game is evenly balanced and we pose a lot of threat to them this round. We know they’ve got a good technical stuff, they’ve got a very good squad and depth as well.
“We’re going out there to play as Kaizer Chiefs and not to think about who are we playing against. We’ll treat all the games the same.”
Zwane also insisted the win over Maritzburg gave his side a confidence boost after their opening day defeat and he is expecting more dominant performances from his side in home matches.
“Realistically we needed this game to boost our confidence going into the Mamelodi Sundowns game,” he added.
“This one was more like a ‘ice-breaker’ for us and also as we said just to boost our confidence.
“And we still have a long way to go, there were still a lot of mistakes in the game, I believe we can do better. We have dictate terms at home, teams must come here and dance to our music.
“Because we are Kaizer Chiefs. We are not going to score a goal and then sit back, we want to score more goals but obviously it will depend with how players are responding going forward.
“As I said, we’ll try and manage the players. The players are coming thick and fast and some games we won’t be able to play with the same tempo but the ball speed, technical execution needs to improve and be better so that we always going to dictate terms.”
Sundowns host Chiefs at Loftus Versfeld at 15:00 on Saturday.
