PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE
Chiefs' Mathoho warns the heat is on for Premiership victory
Centreback Mulomowandau Mathoho challenges his team to shift all energy to the league to maintain their good run
Kaizer Chiefs have to regain their focus in the Premiership‚ which is wide open and only heating up now‚ said centreback Mulomowandau Mathoho. Mathoho was not entertaining thoughts that fourth-placed Chiefs are in any way starting to slip out of contention in the league race as they turn their attention to the last-placed Baroka FC at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday. Chiefs negotiated a tricky last-32 tie away against National First Division Stellenbosch FC with a 3-0 victory at Athlone Stadium on Saturday. Two league draws in a row — 1-1 against Ajax Cape Town away and then in the Soweto derby against Orlando Pirates — had been a setback for Amakhosi in the league. Mathoho said Chiefs had to regain the fluency that saw them win five on the trot before those results. "We played really well on Saturday [against Stellenbosch]‚" the Bafana Bafana defender said. "The mindset from the rest of the guys was clear and it’s good that we have progressed to the next round of the Nedbank Cup. ...
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