Lamontville Golden Arrows head coach Manqoba Mngqithi has revealed his big half-time change which inspired his players to complete the double over Kaizer Chiefs.
Arrows took the lead through Nduduzo Sibiya, but Yusef Maart equalised for Chiefs a few minutes later to make it 1-1.
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But the KwaZulu-Natal-based side had numerous opportunities on the counter-attack , especially in the second half before Knox Mutizwa made it 2-1 late in the game.
After the match, Mngqithi gave credit to Nasreddine Nabi’s side on how they played but also revealed what he told his players at half-time before praising the player’s execution.Â
“We must also give credit to them. I think we started the game quite well and they came at us, [but] they made some silly mistakes in the attacking third,” Mngqithi told SABC Sport
“There were moments where we really suffered in this game more, especially in the dying stages of the first half, which is what prompted me to start making those changes, [David] Lukhele was injured unfortunately and he had a very good game.
“Then immediately at half I thought we must change a little bit in the midfield so that we can match the tempo of the opponents.
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“I think our second half was much stronger, the first half chances were mainly created from our high press and they struggled to breakthrough and we got some very good chances that we did not use.Â
“We were unfortunate even in the second half with some breaks that we got, I don’t think we did enough to make sure that it ends up in a goal because we were getting behind them, how many cut backs we were trying on the right without succeeding, even now [Velemseni] Ndwandwe beats the opponent, because he was tired, Knox is in the cut-back position with no midfielder but unfortunately we have to accept that these boys have worked very hard and we must give a lot credit to them.
“Because I think they are willing and enthusiastic, they are forever trying and I fought with them at half-time because they were starting this habit of sitting back and I said I want the second half for us to be on top of their faces. I think they did that very well.”
