Hunt frustrated by misses
KAIZER CHIEFS coach Gavin Hunt bemoaned his side’s finishing after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Baroka FC in their DStv Premiership clash on Tuesday.
Chiefs had to come from behind and earned a point after an own goal from Baroka’s Goodman Mosele, but could not find a winner in the closing stages. “We had a lot of opportunities again. We could’ve been out of sight in the first half,” Hunt said. “I mean [Leonardo] Castro should have scored two when he came on. Happy [Mashiane] should have scored in the first half, Reeve [Frosler] had an open goal in the first half.
“Baroka did well, they work hard, they’re strong, they’re fit, but we knew that. But all-in-all, disappointed with the result but we showed a little bit of character to come back. But we’ve got to be tougher. We can’t concede a goal like that.
“Our two centre-backs they must be eight feet tall and their 27 [Evidence Makgopa] was out-jumping them the whole day.
“I thought their 27 was unbelievable. Fantastic performance from the boy up front. That’s how the goal came. Anyway, it’s what we’ve got to get better at. We’ve got to get a lot more game toughness in us and a little bit more awareness.”
Next up for Chiefs is a trip to Orlando Stadium to play Orlando Pirates in the Soweto Derby on Saturday.
“It’s obviously something that with the situation is very difficult to play,” Hunt said.
“We’ll embrace it and face it on Saturday. We’ve got an extra day now [to prepare] which he haven’t had for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully we can try and regroup and get one or two back.” SuperSport.