Posted in News on Oct 17, 2015.
The reserve side has been reinforced by five players from the first team: Brilliant Khuzwayo, Lorenzo Gordinho, Philani Cele, Ovidy Karuru and Lucky Baloyi.
Tuks have been doing well in the MDC, presently being in third position with eight points from four games. Amakhosi has somewhat disappointed so far and are down in eleventh place (four points from four matches).
Khuse, however, explains that most MDC sides field a lot of players from the first team squad, unlike Chiefs, who usually use a maximum of four players. During last week’s 3-1 to Polokwane City, the Reserves didn’t even use a single player from the senior squad.
“The opponents often play very physical soccer,” comments Khuse. “We field a lot of young boys, because we use the MDC to develop players for the first team. Nkosingiphile Ngcobo, for example, is at age 15 still very young, but he will learn a lot by playing in the MDC.”
Kaizer Chiefs’ first team game against Mpumalanga Black Aces has been postponed due to the late arrival of Bafana Bafana back in South Africa after their trip to South America.
As a result of this, coach Komphela has decided to allow the five players to start for the Reserves, also to get some game time.
“They will give support to our youngsters, thanks to their experience,” explains Khuse.
There will be a whole weekend full of MDC games at the Nike Centre in Pimville, Soweto, on Saturday and Sunday.
Entrance to the stadium is free. Tickets can be collected from all Gauteng Computicket outlets and Shoprite/Checkers stores. Two tickets will be allocated per person for each match day, on a first-come-first-served basis. On collection, each person will be required to produce a valid South African ID.
Saturday:
Plat Stars vs Ajax CT - Nike Centre - 09h00
Bloem Celtic vs Golden Arrows - Siwelele Park - 10h00
Jomo Cosmos vs Maritzburg Utd - Nike Centre - 11h00
Kaizer Chiefs vs University of Pretoria - Nike Centre - 13h00
Sunday:
Black Aces vs Bidvest Wits - Nike Centre - 09h00
FS Stars vs Chippa Utd - Clarens Stadium - 10h00
SuperSport Utd vs Polokwane City - Nike Centre - 11h00
Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns - Nike Centre - 13h00