Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela is warning his fellow coaches to be careful in their analysis of other teams’ tactics and formations because "poison is being spilled". "I must warn my colleagues‚ without my coming across as an expert‚ but our coaches are sometimes misleading people in the way they read numbers‚" Komphela said. "It is often so inappropriate, we are sending a wrong message. I don’t know why people believe everything that coaches say, especially when it’s wrong." Komphela’s outburst came after a radio reporter accused him of using six players in defence in the game against Chippa United on Sunday when Chiefs won 1-0 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth to book a spot in the Telkom Knockout semifinals. Komphela gave a patient explanation of the way Chiefs approached the game‚ using wingbacks and three central defenders‚ to refute the reporters’ assertion and use the opportunity to appeal to other coaches‚ without mentioning names. But his focus was cle...
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