Listless Usuthu blow it at home
Dull affair fails to produce goal but Celtic end the rot
smart. You have to be very cautious.”
Sundowns top the log after 18 matches, while Chiefs are third.
Kekana reiterated that Chiefs will be a hard nut to crack, especially playing in their own back yard and fully aware that a win will blow the league race wide open.
“As players, we are much aware of Chiefs’ threat, especially with [Leonardo] Castro,” he added.
Striker Castro, who joined Chiefs from Sundowns earlier this month, will face his former side for the first time. Despite starting with three natural strikers in Siyabonga Nomvethe, Ovidy Karuru and newcomer Camaldine Abraw, AmaZulu were unable to unlock a stubborn Bloemfontein Celtic defence, settling for a dull 0-0 draw at the King Zwelithini Stadium last night.
AmaZulu should have taken the lead as early as the first minute when Michael Morton teed up Karuru, but the Zimbabwean attacker flashed his effort off the mark.
There was hardly any match highlight after that chance except for a penalty appeal by the home side when the same man, Karuru, was kicked inside the box by his countryman Ronald Pfumbizai, but the referee waved play on.
Just as they started the match, the KZN side finished strongly when Siyethenba Mnguni almost broke the deadlock with a wonderfully taken shot outside the box. However, Celtic keeper Patrick Tignyemb was equal to the task, tipping the ball away.
After convincingly beating SuperSport United 2-0 in their last encounter, the hosts would have hoped to build on that solid performance but it was not meant to be for Cavin Johnson’s troops who remain 13th on the standings with 19 points. The stalemate also saw Phunya Sele Sele’s winless streak extend to three
games.