Tembo wary of Amakhosi

The current Kaizer Chiefs team may be struggling to get going under Gavin Hunt much like an old skorokoro, loosely translated to raggedy old car, but Kaitano Tembo ( below) believes that Amakhosi can still rely on some “good” players to kick-start their season.

Tonight, Hunt will have another chance to experiment with some combinations when his team comes up against SuperSport United in a DStv Premiership clash at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria.

“They are struggling like everyone else, we have only played about five games into the season, it is still too early and their team is coached by a very good coach who is very experienced and has won a lot of trophies,” said Tembo.

“For us, we don’t have to look at their current form, we have to really prepare because they have got really good individual players like Khama Billiat, Lebogang Manyama and Leonardo Castro, those are quality players and they can hurt you on any given day, you cannot take them for granted. All of the games that we have played against Chiefs have been tough,” he added.

Tembo says he picked up some level of improvement in Amakhosi’s last game against Black Leopards where they rescued a point after going 2-0 down. However, he refuses to allow Chiefs’ resurgence on his watch.

“When I looked at their game against Leopards, my analysis started in the second half because that was the Chiefs that we all know. They had the fighting spirit and that is probably the Chiefs that we are going to meet. They are a big team and big teams are always capable of pulling something out of nowhere and that’s what they did against Leopards. We need to have a good start and manage the game properly. We cannot allow them the opportunity to come out of their difficult situation at our expense,” said Tembo.