Lamontville Golden Arrows head coach Pitso Dladla has heaped praise on how the club’s analysts outsmarted Kaizer Chiefs in the MTN8 quarter-final.
Arrows narrowly beat Chiefs by 1-0 in a tightly contested clash at FNB Stadium with Khulekani Shezi scoring the only goal of the match. The KwaZulu-Natal-based side scored eight minutes into the second half and held on to progress.
Chiefs failed to equalize thanks to supreme Arrows defensive structure. Abafana Bes’thende didn’t allow Chiefs to get closer to their box which forced Amakhosi to take long shots outside the box, with Lebogang Maboe trying several times but Edward Maova kept on showing his class.
Speaking on SuperSport TV after the final whistle, Dladla mentioned that their analysts did a fantastic job by picking up how Chiefs play.
“Yeah, look, we have our fullback Shezi and Cele everybody should be able to deal with 1v1 with l ones. You know, I think they dealt with that one very well, and also, I think Ronaldo and Aya also provided a good cover,” Dladla said.
“You know, whenever Phili was cutting inside and deciding whether Baartman was taking on that, Ronaldo was always there. We worked as a group, but to be honest, that was picked up by our analysis.”
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