Brockie: There’s no need to panic

SuperSport United’s star striker Jeremy Brockie said they would bounce back after their opening Absa Premiership defeat to Platinum Stars at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Wednesday night.

SuperSport United lost 1-0 to a 10-man Platinum Stars. Stuart Baxter’s men played most of the football, created most of the chances, but Stars goalkeeper Mbongeni Mzimela produced a string of fine saves to keep the strikeforce of Brockie and Bradley Grobler at bay.

Robert Ng’ambi scored the winner in the 62nd minute.

Brockie, who netted 18 goals in all competitions last season, was quick to admit that his performance was poor, but said there was no reason to panic.

“I missed the last couple of weeks of training because of niggling injuries so that probably showed throughout the game. I turned the ball over more than I would have liked and sort of ran out of steam towards the end. Overall, there are some things I need to work on,” said the 28-year-old.

“We are obviously disappointed that we lost the game, we would have loved to get off the mark with a win. We absolutely bettered them but it was the finishing that let us down in the end,” he added.

“We know we can put in a good performance, we just need to take our chances when we get them.

“We had a lot of chances, and we created a good 10 clear chances to put the ball into the back of the net, but we either missed the target or rushed it and let ourselves down in that department,” added the New Zealander.