Tuesday's loss against Olympique Lyonnais was unfortunate as the two goals were literally given away because of two silly mistakes and nervousness.

However, the team got their grip back thereafter and dominated most of the match but unfortunately could not score.

At the post match press conference attended by the both team coaches, Lyon coach, Paul Le Guen, congratulated Ted Dumitru and the team and stated that it was a difficult game for them. He also added they found it very hard to control the match.

Le Guen agreed that the first goal, especially, was due to a mistake on our side and said that, despite them winning the match, Chiefs were a tough team to beat.

Not surprisingly, the players were disappointed with their performance because realised later that they could have done much better, and might even have won the game had it not been for the loss of concentration and confidence.

However, the players have put Tuesday’s game behind them and are now focusing on the next game, which is scheduled for Thursday against a local team Seongnam Ilhwa that beat Besiktas 2-1 on Tuesday night.

The technical staff has also regrouped and discussed Tuesday's game, and are now determined to improve the team’s overall performance.

The coach is aware that Thursday's game is the most difficult of the group as Seongnam has home ground advantage, and are also determined to prove themselves as they did against the Turkish champions, who were definitely taken by surprise by the Korean side.

After the Lyon game the team got back to the hotel and soon went to sleep after dinner as the moral was not that high.

At the same time though, the players also realised that winning the match against Lyon was not impossible considering this being the first time the club has been exposed to an international stage of this level.

It also proves that South African teams - including Chiefs - need more international experience in terms of club competitions, as we are unfortunately only exposed to African soccer tournaments (Champion League, Cup Winners Cup and the Super Cup) and friendlies.

Overall the technical staff and the chairman are content with the performance and are convinced that the result did not reflect the actual performance of the team.

"It proves that the players need more international exposure and experience for them not to panic in games of this calibre," said the coach on Tuesday night.

"We gave the game away because of two silly mistakes due to moments of panic. It's not nice to lose this way, however, the players have realised their potential and have regained confidence and are focusing on Thursday's game, which according to us is the most difficult of the group," said Kaizer Motaung.

The team left Daejeon for Seoul on Wednesday morning and checked back into the Grand Hilton Hotel at approximately 13h00. They are due for training session this evening at the Suwon WC Stadium, the venue for Thursday's match.

The stadium is approximately an hour's drive from Seoul (55km). The team’s schedule is very tight, there is a lot of traveling to be done and not enough time to rest.

However, this makes the tournament more exciting and will definitely put the players' character to test.

It’s 16:39 at the moment here in Seoul the team should be coming down from their rooms soon to leave for their training session.

I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of everyone from Chiefs in Korea to thank the local supporters and the South African Embassy for their support on Tuesday night, the crowds were all behind us.

Moreover, we would also like to thank all of you back at home, we know that everyone stopped working for 90 minutes to show your support by watching us live on SS3 at 11:45, the productivity rate must have been very low during that one and a half hour.

Just wanted to reassure you that the team is refocused and will do their best to make all South Africans proud.