The replay will take place at FNB Stadium on Wednesday and kick-off is at 20:00.

According to Dumitru, some of the players took Wits for granted thinking that it would be just a walk in the park. But to their surprise, The Students came out with guns blazing and seized control of the first quarter of the opening half with Alois Bunjira heading home the opener on 18 minutes.

After some tongue lashing from the technical team, Amakhosi moved a gear up and managed to grab the equaliser through striker Patrick Mayo on the stroke of halftime.

"We were very unhappy with the attitude of some of our players who thought the game was won before the kick-off," said Dumitru. "And this approach probably came as a result of our dominance over Wits in our previous meetings."

"The players were wrong to think that since we dominated Wits in the last game that it would be easier at FNB Stadium. We made one or two major blunders at the beginning of the first half and we should have been punished by more than one goal.

"But we had a tough talk at halftime and we were fortunate to come back very strongly in the second half. It was only then that we started to prove our superiority. If we had started the game the same way we approached the second half Wits could have been easily embarrassed," Dumitru said.

The Amakhosi coach also added that he was disappointed by the match officials who allowed play to continue despite, the heavy rain that could have endangered the lives of the players.

"Before the heavy rain started a terribly lightning struck just outside the stadium and I think it was totally irresponsible for the officials not to stop the game," said Dumitru. "In this particular situation we took incredible risk to expose the players to this element of nature."

"We were all over Wits at that stage but I felt the game should have been stopped and it shows inexperience and lack of knowledge to allow play to go on under such circumstances," he said.

Wits might have been saved by the rain, as the Amakhosi coach believes but whether his troops change their approach in the replay remains to be seen. And come Wednesday - weather permitting - they might not have a second chance.

The Students surely proved in nine Premiership matches that they are a force to be reckoned with. That was assertion was further reinforced on Saturday. "Wednesday there's going to be a totally different approach, that I can promise," said Dumitru.