Tuesday’s Absa Premiership clash with BidVest Wits marks the start of a daunting run of fixtures for Kaizer Chiefs that includes five games in 18 days.
One of those is a 4,500-kilometre round trip to the Comoros to face Volcan Club in the African Champions League this coming weekend.
Coach Steve Komphela admits it is a challenging schedule, but says he has prepared the squad physically and mentally for what lies ahead.
“The games are starting to roll thick and fast, but we have it all in our plan. We knew that at some point we would be faced with this scenario,” he told reporters.
“It is all about preparation. We have a group of professionals. Each game is used as preparation for the next match.”
Chiefs face a re-shuffle of their defence tonight with left-back Tshepo Masilela definitely out through suspension and Siyanda Xulu unlikely to feature having been hospitalised on Saturday with a head injury. Midfielder George Lebese also remains a doubt.
“Tsepo is ruled out of this one due to bookings. Xulu was sent to hospital for observation on Saturday. We are monitoring him and Lebese with the hope that they can beat the clock and make it for the Wits clash,” Komphela says.
The coach believes his side have had enough preparation for Wits and are looking to make it three wins in a row in the league for the first time since last April.
“We are ready for Wits. We want to keep the winning momentum, even though we will be playing a side that’s on the same mission as us, to close the gap with log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns.”
Chiefs are currently 10 points behind Sundowns with 12 matches remaining in the season.
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