Kaizer Chiefs co-coach Cedric Kaze believes Etiosa Ighodaro is exactly the type of striker the club has been missing over the last season.
Ighodaro, 24, scored his first goal for Amakhosi in their 3-1 win over AS Simba on Sunday which helped them qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup group stages.
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After the match, Kaze hailed the Nigerian striker’s display, explaining how his hold-up play is exactly what the club needed.
“It’s not easy to find that kind of striker,” he said when asked by iDiski Times how important Ighodaro’s hold-up play is.
“He’s a scorer and a player who can help. Sometimes you are struggling, you are defending deep, he’s a player when there is a rebound or when we play forward, he can hold the ball, allow the whole team to come up.
“It gives you that energy, it allows every player to get in his right position going forward.
“I’ll say we have missed that a lot. Sometimes the ball goes forward, and we lose it very quickly and it comes back, it’s a game of transition.
“To have that kind of [hold-up] striker is very helpful.”
The draw for the CAFCC group stages takes places on 3 November at the SuperSport studios in Johannesburg.
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