Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune has revealed the approach his side will take against AmaZulu in the MTN8 semi-final first leg today.
The Amakhosi will host Usuthu at FNB Stadium this afternoon and will be keen to head with an advantage into the second leg at Moses Mabhida Stadium in three weeks.
Khune insisted his side will focus on attack but also attempt to stop AmaZulu from scoring an away goal.
“What is most important is to score as many goals as we can and, obviously, to keep a clean sheet because it’s our home game and we don’t want to give AmaZulu a hope, or opportunity to get any advantage in the first-leg, so it’s important that we score and don’t concede, especially playing at home.” He told the club’s website.
“Our approach will be to attack as much as we can, take the game to the opposition and stop them from entering our 18-yard area.”
Khune also insisted his side are aiming to lift the MTN8 trophy to finally end the club’s barren spell of seven years without silverware.
“We are 100% ready,’ declares Khune,
“I think we have been looking forward to this match from even before the Macufe game. A lot of us are excited about the fixture and we are hungry to go out there and win the match.
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“We want to break that ‘curse’ of not having won a trophy for the past seven years, so for us it’s motivation on its own that we have a chance of going all the way to the final.
“It’s all up to us, in how we are going to take the opportunities we create because in the league we’ve had a lot of box entries but we haven’t been able to convert. Now, it’s a cup competition – two-legged – so we just have to make sure we do ourselves a favour and win home and away.”
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