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A resounding victory, in difficult conditions in West Africa, showed that there is still fighting spirit on Gavin Hunt’s side.
With their backs to the wall before the game, Kaizer Chiefs’ 1-0 win over PWD Bamenda in the first leg of the Caf Champions League preliminary round on Sunday afternoon was particularly impressive.
With the way the game played out, it could signal a change in fortune and can be the tonic they need to start their season.
In the end, it was a hard-fought and hard-fought victory. The match was apparently headed for a draw as Amakhosi was again unable to create many chances from open play, but sometimes it doesn’t matter how or when a goal comes, but it comes at all, and in this case it was off. the head of defender Eric Mathoho, who scored in the 83rd minute.
Much has no They’ve gotten out of the way of the Chiefs this season, if you think about the number of times they’ve hit the wood, the missed opportunities, the careless errors on the back, and even some questionable official game decisions that go against them. Not to mention the ban on transfers.
And there seemed to be another setback when PWD Bamenda received a late penalty after Mathoho’s first goal.
But in what could be a turning point for the Chiefs’ season, goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune stayed out of the shot to secure the win. Khune had also made big saves early in the game and, for now, he appears to have claimed his place from Daniel Akpeyi.
The importance of victory cannot be underestimated for several reasons.
First of all, because Glamor Buys can make any kind of profit right now. But largely because of the character they displayed.
Sunday’s game took place in difficult conditions, on a difficult playing surface and at the end of a long trip to West Africa. It also came against opponents of whom very little was known.
That Amakhosi has been able to overcome all these odds surely bodes well.
It won’t magically solve some of your problems, but it might give you a bit of a platform in the future and more importantly, a moral boost.
What’s vital now is that the Chiefs get home quickly, get up to speed and prepare to finish the job against their Cameroonian opponents on Friday at FNB Stadium.
A convincing home win could prepare them very well for the final league games of 2020 – against Black Leopards, SuperSport United and Bloemfontein Celtic.
