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The Kaizer Chiefs tour group that traveled to Cameroon returned home safely in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The first leg of the 2020-21 CAF Champions League preliminary round was played on Sunday, November 29, 2020 against host team PWD Bamenda in Limbe, Cameroon.
The Chiefs hold a crucial one-goal lead in the first leg after defeating Bamenda thanks to a goal from Erick Mathoho. Those who watched the match on YouTube witnessed Itumeleng Khune’s incredible penalty save in the last minute of the match. This performance is sure to keep the team motivated for the second leg.
The team plans to capitalize on the advantage when they host Bamenda in the second leg at the FNB Stadium on Friday, December 4, 2020 and the game will start at 18:00.
Players are enjoying a well-deserved break today to help them recover from their long and heinous journeys that took them through Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Douala in Cameroon and a two-hour bus ride to Limbe and back the same way. The team will return to training camp on Wednesday to resume preparations for the crucial second leg.
Amakhosi returns from Cameroon due to an injury to defender Ramahlwe Mphahlele, who was replaced by Yagan Sasman during the victory over Bamenda. He has a hamstring strain and will be further evaluated Tuesday and Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury and his availability for the second leg.
Rama’s injury aside, the Chiefs will look to history for inspiration; In the return leg, since first competing in the CAF Champions League in 1993, the Chiefs have always managed to win a preliminary round home game. Doing it in 1993, 2005, 2014 and 2015 in 2016.
In 2016, the Chiefs faced the Moroni Volcano of the Comoros. After a 4-0 away win in the first leg, the Comorians did not show up for the second leg and the Chiefs were victorious.
In their last four home games in the preliminary round, in the CAF Champions League, the Chiefs have scored 12 goals and conceded just one.
The winner of this round will face the Angolan first of August in two matches in the first round. It will be vital for the Chiefs to win this game and drive momentum into their next games both domestically and on the continent.
The match against PWD Bamenda begins, which will be played without fans according to CAF rules, at 6:00 p.m., FNB Stadium.
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