Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Thabo Cele has cautiously maintained confidence ahead of their Betway Premiership clash against Golden Arrows this weekend.
Not only will Amakhosi be looking to get back to winning form, but they will equally have revenge locked in the back of their minds after they lost 1-0 to Arrows in the corresponding fixture.
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The 28-year-old KwaMashu-born midfielder asserted positivity even though it has been a tough period for the Naturena outfit.
“After this space of observation and thinking, and going into our own mind and our own hearts, I feel positive,” he said.
“For the next game, we working very hard trying to put some new things in our game and add some few things because the priority remains the same despite the difficulties that we faced. The objective remains the same which is to win the game.”
The former Fakel Voronezh midfielder also commented on why he has fitted in like a glove since making the move from Europe to Chiefs.
“I have to say it’s also the environment, the people that I found here, the teammates, the technical team,” he added.
“And also I think my heart has always been here. So, me I’ve been working for my own individual dreams but at the same time I think was always gonna happen for me to come here and I feel good that I’m here and I’m here to try and help the team so that we can achieve our objectives as a team and achieve for the club.”
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In conclusion, Cele says facing Arrows after the loss last time out, will be tough but hoping they can come to the party on the day to claim the much-needed maximum points.
“It’s the positive mind and we trying to share it amongst ourselves because it’s football, it’s life. You fall, you rise!” the Chiefs midfield maestro said.
“That’s how I look at it, that’s how we look at it. We trying to feed that fire for the next game. We need it because it’s very important.
“It’s a difficult match like every match because we are who we are, so when people are playing against us we know it’s gonna be a difficult game.
“They have a good team but I feel like we ready for it and like I said, we focusing on ourselves more but we respect them.
“The most important thing is to try and apply the things that we working on here and eventually come out in the game with the three points that we need so much.
“In this situations, I think talking is not something that they [supporters] need. They need our reaction inside those four corners.
“So, I would say they must you know… we need them despite these difficult moments. We need them because without them, it’s gonna become even more difficult for us.
“So, we just gonna go inside there and show them that we need them. We need to be actionable.
“Golden Arrows has always been a competitive team, and even now with the new changes within them, I think from what I saw even the game that I watch when I get a chance and the videos that I’ve seen, I think they’re a team that’s becoming even more position-based team.
“They keep the ball and that’s always dangerous because those teams they can become patient and then they find space.
“So, we have to be aware of this but at the same time, we have to focus on our game. That’s more important because it all depends on us.”
