SowetoDerby | Coach Ernst Middendorp to Amakhosi faithful: ‘Have faith in Chiefs players’
JOHANNESBURG – Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp has urged the Amakhosi faithful to embrace the fact that the club is in a viable position to win the Premiership title after a four-year period of pain and suffering.
This follows after teams such as Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns, who are third and second on the log respectively, have made a strong case that they can finish better than how they started following an impressive run of form. “There’s nothing to bounce back on if we’ve consistently been on the position. I think the bigger problem is that everyone around - the club, management, stakeholders or whomever - are not used to the position that we find ourselves in after five years,” Middendorp explained.
Besides this derby being a top-of-the-table clash, this will be the 50th season in which these two Soweto giants have traded punches in official and unofficial matches.
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