Mpumalanga Black Aces' coach Lombi Mabusela has credited the way they prepared for their 1-0 win over Bloemfontein Celtic in the MultiChoice Diski Challenge quarterfinal last Sunday.
Their solid performance helped them edge the Celtic side that only lost once in the group stage and scored the second highest number of goals (15).
“Our win is due to early preparations, I think from day one we knew what we wanted.”
Aces looked rejuvenated and created a number of good scoring opportunities than their opponents.
“We told them that besides that we want to win, enjoyment should come first and we knew they were going to enjoy everything that was happening.”
Mabusela revealed that they went into the match highly motivated because of the way their preparations went.
“Like I said our preparations were on point, we were well prepared. All credit to our fitness trainer Elsa Storm, she gave herself time to work with the boys.
“That’s what gave us lot of confidence that everything will go well,” he said.
Aces took control of the match after the introduction of the experienced Aubrey Ngoma, who replaced fellow first team member Tshidiso Tukane.
“Aubrey did a very good job, we had told him that he will play but we want to play him as an impact player. We knew from the games that we watched that their left-back is very comfortable on the ball and always wants to be offensive.
“With the strength Aubrey possesses, we knew if he will come as an impact player, he was going to do a very good job,” Mabusela explained.
Aces also welcomed back striker Judas Moseamedi, who had recovered after sustaining an injury. The youngster gave a matured performance and his coach credits his changed attitude.
“The mistake with Judas is that I don’t think he realised the potential that he had all along, despite the fact that he was injured.”
“Whenever he was doing things, he was very playful. Up until we set him down and showed him that if he entertains any hopes of playing in any of the junior national teams, he needed to up his game and be serious. Fortunately he responded in a positive way,” the club's legend revealed.
Aces were happy to take it one game at time since the resumption of the Diski Challenge and Mabusela says they are still going to keep the same approach despite edging closer to glory.
“If we can start singing that we want to be in the final, we’ll be fooling ourselves. Because we are going to face one of the biggest teams in Sundowns. We preparing on facing them , our focus is mainly on Sundowns right now."
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