Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane has confirmed that Ashely Du Preez and Reeve Frosler will likely miss his side’s MTN8 clash at Stellenbosch FC, while the club are hopeful Edmilson Dove and Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana’s permits will arrive before the match.
Amakhosi will play their sixth game in just 22 days when they take on Stellies in the MTN8 quarter-final at Danie Craven Stadium on Sunday.
It was supposed to be a homecoming for Du Preez, but his recent injury will still see him sidelined, while Zwane also thinks the match will come too soon for Frosler after he picked up an injury in the 2-0 defeat against Cape Town City.
“We still don’t have a few of our key players like Ashley,” Zwane told local journalists.
“Reeve as well, he might not be available. We’re waiting for the medical team to give us the report about him. We’re training today so I’ll get the report as to whether he’s available or not.
“Sithebe I think he’s going to be available. In Sithebe’s case it was a case of too much loading, that’s why even look at some other games I had to substitute him because we had to manage him. So Sithebe is available.”
Zwane also insisted he remains hopeful that the work permits of Dove and Bimenyimana will still arrive before their trip to the Winelands, because they could help to rotate his squad more.
“So it’s Reeve and Ashley [out]. I think most of the guys [are available], except for the guys that we’re working on their work permit with the hope that maybe if possible we can get it tomorrow and then it would be much better for us,” he added.
“At least then we’d be able to strike a balance and also help the players that have been playing week in week out, because the games are coming thick and fast.
“At some point we wanted to rest Keagan [Dolly], we wanted to rest Khama [Billiat] but it was always going to be difficult because those are two of our key players to help the youngsters as well.
“Because if you throw the youngster in the deep end, and it’s a make or break situation, that’s not what we want. Rather introduce them like we were doing with Mduduzi [Shabalala]. when we are leading and then maybe it’s the last 15 minutes of the game, we manage the game, then we can bring in Mduduzi, we can bring in many others because that’s the right way to do it.”
