Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Khalil Ben Youssef reveals they had to take a risk in the second half against Richards Bay on Tuesday evening.
Chiefs registered a third successive win in the Betway Premiership after defeating Richards Bay FC 1-0 at the FNB Stadium.
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The Soweto giants could not find a way past Richards Bay in the first half, before the coaches decided to withdraw Sibongiseni Mthethwa at halftime for Gaston Sirino, who ended up scoring the winning goal.
Youssef reveals there was a risk with taking off Mthethwa, but was glad to see the change pay off in the second period.
“It was expected before the game even yesterday at the press conference we discussed about that, we said that it would be a tough game for us. But in halftime, we discussed about something we have to change,” Youssef told SuperSport TV.
“We needed to play more fast - the rotation was very strong in the first half; we took the decision to take risk to remove Ox (Sibongiseni Mthethwa) to play with Thabo Cele with ‘Mshini ‘and Sirino in the middle and we were right I think – Sirino scored the goal.
“Then, I think in the second half we tried to manage but we were a little bit angry about the players in this kind of game you need to score the second goal to kill the game, we started to joke with the fans, I’m so happy for the fans, they enjoyed today.
“Now finish this game, now start from tomorrow think about the next game – Sundowns game and I hope all the fans they enjoyed today about this game,” he added.
