Kaizer Chiefs head coach Ernst Middendorp refused to criticise his players publicly for the number of missed chances against the Magic FC,
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The Soweto giants were taken to extra-time by the ABC Motsepe League side before they went on to win 3-0 to advance in the Nedbank Cup.
Despite his side's struggles against lower league opposition for the second straight cup game, the German-born coach did not feel the need to single out any players
"You will not get any comment I will make in front of a camera talking about certain players that they have not scored or they did not use the chances. I think that should not be done. We will internally... if it is needed, I personally don't need it, it's in my memory, in my mental muscles I which moments you're talking about, " Middendorp told SuperSport after the game. "But it is like this. Sometimes strikers, defenders you can name them there is a run [where] it doesn't work out. We're not scoring at a certain time, good it is not for somebody to be blamed. It's just a team effort at the end of the day and we have qualified, that's it. "From the dominance... our biggest opponent was in our own team, we can describe it and talk about it but I think everybody knows what I mean," he said.
