Premier Soccer League
Chippa United target Polokwane veteran Maluleke in bid to stay up
Larsen's charges in a do-or-die encounter at Peter Mokaba stadium and only a victory will help the 15th-placed Port Elizabeth-based side avoid relegation
Cape Town — Eliminating the potential impact of veteran midfielder Jabu Maluleke is Chippa United’s best chance of winning away at Polokwane City on Saturday and keeping up hopes of avoiding relegation. Chippa go into the game only one point off bottom place in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) and must win if they are to stand any chance of survival ‚ according to their coach Clinton Larsen. And Larsen sees the 37-year-old Maluleke as the key on Saturday at the old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane when Chippa travel for their penultimate assignment of the season. “They are very strong on the counter and break attacks‚” he said as the team readied to depart for the long journey to Limpopo. “The influence of Maluleke is huge as well. We have got to make sure that in a game like this that we pin him down and don’t allow him to dictate. We have something in mind in our approach. “We will probably go with three in the midfield and hope that somebody does a job on him because everything...
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