Fernando Da Cruz, Kaizer Chiefs coach, put under immediate pressure after their MTN8 exit on Sunday.
It is often said that how you start is not how you’ll finish. Kaizer Chiefs must take a leaf from that phrase if they are to improve on their MTN8 early exit and finish the season on a high.
Chiefs lost 1-0 to Golden Arrows in the Wafa Wafa quarter-final on Saturday night, missing out on the first silverware of the season. It was a crushing night for the Amakhosi faithful, who had earlier witnessed rivals Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns reach the semi-finals.
Chiefs are going through a rebuilding phase, having recently appointed Fernando Da Cruz as the new coach, with a refreshed technical team and new players, including Langelihle Phili, Thabo Moloisane, Faiz Abrahams, and Adolf Mtasingwa Bitegeko, signed during the transfer window.
Despite Da Cruz returning to the club after serving as Nasreddine Nabi’s assistant for a month, the Frenchman’s familiarity with the team was supposed to yield dividends from the outset – particularly in the MTN8.
