SuperSport United coach Kaitano Tembo is refusing to be fooled by those giving the underdog tag to Kaizer Chiefs going into the first leg of his team’s MTN8 semifinal home tie on Sunday. He maintains that there is no way such a tag can be associated with Chiefs even though they are going through a patch of poor form. One thing, though, that Tembo is hoping to use against their opponents to win Sunday’s match is to turn Chiefs’ huge following to his team’s advantage by frustrating them. "Chiefs’ support can also be to our advantage if we frustrate them a little bit‚" Tembo said on Thursday. "We’ll try and turn the crowd against them because they are a little vulnerable at the moment. We’ll try to take advantage of that." Other than that, he believes Chiefs still deserve to be given respect by his side‚ who have won two recent league matches. "At the moment Chiefs’ strength is that they haven’t been getting the results coming to this game‚" said Tembo. "A lot of people are writing the...

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