Nurković on the squad as the Chiefs head to Angola

Kaizer Chiefs departed for Angola mid-morning on Sunday for the second leg of the first round of the CAF Champions League against Angolan team Primeiro De Agosto, on a specially organized charter flight as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. that are currently being implemented in Angola. The Chiefs will aim for a win in Luanda when they face Primeiro on Tuesday afternoon with the start of the game scheduled for 4:00 PM local time and 5:00 PM in South Africa.

The teams played a 0-0 draw when they met at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 23^rd December 2020 in the first leg where they had several opportunities to have taken advantage with them to Angola. This is the Chiefs’ first trip to Angola in more than two decades. Their last trip to the country saw them face Inter Clube de Luanda, in the first leg of the 2001 CAF Cup final, a match that ended 1-1 on the 17th.^th November 2001. The Chiefs then won the second leg 1-0 at Ellis Park on 1^{S t} December 2001 courtesy of a Patrick Mabedi penalty to win the game 2-1 on aggregate and lift the cup.

Amakhosi travels to Angola with a team of 18 players led by head coach Gavin Hunt, who will be assisted by Dillon Sheppard. There is also good news as the Chiefs ‘main forward for the 2019-20 campaign, Samir Nurković, who missed the start of the current season due to injury, is part of the Chiefs’ traveling contingent and is very likely to make his first appearance in the 2020-21 season during the match in Angola.

The chiefs who were due to land in Angola at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon local time were hoping to train in Luanda’s hot and humid conditions to acclimatize, but were informed that due to strict Angola’s coronavirus lockdown regulations currently in place. vigor, they could not do a training session on Sunday. The first training session in Angola is scheduled for Monday.

The Chiefs will look to make history in Luanda, as Primeiro De Agosto has won the previous three CAF games at home against South African teams. They defeated the Orlando Pirates 2-1 in a group game in 1997 and won 1-0 in a first-round first leg against Bidvest Wits, who at the time was coached by Gavin Hunt, in 7^th March 2018, before winning the tie on penalties after losing 1-0 in the second leg in Johannesburg. Those draws against Piratas e Wits were in the CAF Champions League matches. They also faced the Sundowns in the first round of the CAF Cup in 2003 winning 2-0 at home in the first leg before losing 2-0 on the road in the second leg, subsequently being eliminated on penalties.

Victory for the Chiefs or a goal draw that will see them advance on the away goal at 11^th The November stadium will see Amakhosi go to the group stage for the first time, if the game ends 0-0, the match will go directly to the penalty shoot-out according to CAF Regulations.

The bosses will return from Luanda on Wednesday morning and are expected to return to Johannesburg just after lunch on the 6th.^th January.

18-man team leaders travel to Angola