Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has confirmed that Keagan Dolly will be sidelined with injury for the rest of the season, saying either Happy Mashiane or Kgaogelo Sekgota will replace him.
Dolly picked up a knee injury in the 1-0 defeat to Sekhukhune United and left the pitch in tears.
While Zwane initially didn’t want to make any prognosis of his captain’s injury, he has now stated that Dolly won’t play again in 2022/23.
“We have players who are not going to be available for this one. A notable one will be Keagan Dolly, who is going to be out until the end of the season,” he told the club’s media team.
“We are going to try and tweak the team here and there to get the right balance. It’s going to be between Happy and Sekgota [to replace Dolly].
“We are going to see who is going to be mentally and physically ready for this game. The fact that we have been playing back to back also took a lot from the players, so we will try and manage some of them, because we don’t want to risk injuries.”
Zwane also insisted Chiefs want to go back to winning ways when they facing Chippa United in Gqeberha on Thursday.
“We are coming off a defeat after doing well for some time, so it’s a case of having to pick ourselves up and keep the spirit high in the camp while, at the same time, making sure we get maximum points to build the team going forward,” he added.
“In football, there are no easy games. We prepare for the games with the same attitude, desire and discipline.
“We know, as a team of Kaizer Chiefs calibre, when we go through a slump or lose a game it’s not an easy thing to take, especially given the following we have. It knocks them down.
“For us, it’s how we pick ourselves up from that. It’s a setback but it’s not a train smash, we now have to come back and show that we are good enough to be part of the plans going forward, because we want to build a very strong team.
“It’s one of those things we can live with and learn from, but move on at the same time.”
