Polokwane City head coach Phuti Mohafe says his side took their Betway Premiership match against Kaizer Chiefs to the old Peter Mokaba Stadium for the simple reason that the venue is Rise Shine’s home ground.
City have traditionally used the 16, 000 capacity Stadium as their home ground however have never hosted Amakhosi there due to the size of the facility, the magnitude of Chiefs fans, security and other reasons.
However, this season they forwent the 45, 000 2010 FIFA World Cup venue for the smaller Stadium where the sides played to a goalless draw.
The result meant both sides maintained their seventh and third places on the log with 34 and 46 points after 24 outings respectively.
Mohafe’s charges have collected 15 points in their 11 home matches this season and the coach was passionate when asked why they played arguably the biggest club in the land in a small venue, saying it’s suits City and they have done well there.
“This is our home ground, so where must we play?” said Mohafe.
“We deserve to play on this home ground because there, they take us to their home ground. Regardless of how the pitch looks this is our wonderful pitch we love it.
“So, everybody must come to our pitch and play us at our ground. I’m becoming aggressive by saying that. They must come to our field and play at our field.
“We deserve to play here not anywhere else because when we go away we play on their fields so why not.
“Let us continue playing at old Peter Mokaba, it suits us better and we do well when we are playing in this field.”
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