AmaZulu Head Coach Benni McCarthy says he is grateful and thankful after the team were named the DStv Premiership Q-Innovation Q3 winners.
McCarthy’s team ran away with the third quarter, finishing with 20 points from the 8 game block, five points ahead of Maritzburg United and Mamelodi Sundowns.
The AmaZulu coach, who is on a 16 game unbeaten run, sent his thanks to everyone involved in the club’s amazing run that has seen them climb from near bottom to second in the league, in a record breaking season for the club.
“I would just like to thank you, the DStv Premier League, officials and everyone for recognizing us as the Q3 winners,” McCarthy told the club’s media department.
“We really appreciate it, we are very excited, and we’re happy to receive this award, and to be able to win the Q3. It has been hard work from everyone, and we are fully grateful for this.”
“I would like to thank the players first of all, for their hard work, their dedication, their sacrifice, the winning mentality that they showed, to come in every single day working to get better and better. So I’m really grateful and happy for them, that they are able to win this Q3, and all their hard work is paying off eventually.”
“The technical team, the coaches, thank you all for every single day, pushing each other, pushing the players to do well, to do more. I’m grateful for you guys as well. And I’m very thankful to have you part of my team.
“And then obviously management and the president of the team. Mr. Manzini Zungu, for the leadership, guiding the team, allowing me to assemble the team that I have, and to be able to win this, the Q3 and hopefully win many more to come, and we work hard every single day. So I like to thank them for the incredible leadership that they’ve shown to AmaZulu Football Club.”
“And to the fans hope they enjoyed us, and we miss them a lot, and we can’t wait to have you guys back in the stadiums.