Here is what Steve Komphela said in his final press conference as Kaizer Chiefs coach
Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela never actually got around to saying "I quit" on Saturday‚ saying everything but as he rambled on for eight minutes at the post-match press conference some 30 minutes after his side lost in the Nedbank Cup semifinal at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium. It was vintage Komphela‚ dancing around the topic and frequently going off message and not actually getting to the point. He painted himself as brave but having to take a decision for the safety of others and managed to work in comparisons to Jacob Zuma and Arsene Wenger as he addressed the assembled media. It took the club’s football manager Bobby Motaung‚ speaking directly after Komphela‚ to actually announce that the coach was leaving with immediate effect after failing to reach the final as Free State Stars beat them 2-0. Here is what Komphela said‚ word-for-word‚ in his final press conference: "We to be honest‚ and frank‚ I don’t think we deserved the result but it’s part of football. "We committed...
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