The lessons are a tough one because one of them we learned in the quarter-finals of the Champions League is that when you are fighting very hard to top the group, which sounds like an advantage that you will go and play your first leg away from home, it is not always the best, Mngqithi said in a Maybe being second [in the group] is always better because when you are playing your first match at home, the opposition, when they play the second game, is always going to be difficult.
The 50-year-old went on to compare when Masandawana played the first leg at home against the Red Devils in 2019.
May 25, 2021 - 08:56 am By KickOff
The June edition of KICK OFF Magazine is on sale and the last edition before the end of the historic 25th PSL season. Our cover star is none other than Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat.
Everything that has happened with Billiat for most of the last three years at in Naturena just shows how badly calculated his move was. From a trophy winning team at Mamelodi Sundowns, the Zimbabwean international is now a struggling star on a huge salary, prone to injuries, thin on confidence and with his future hanging in doubt. KICK OFF’ looks at what has happened and what the future holds.
May 24, 2021 - 12:00 pm By Lovemore Moyo
Former PSL top scorer James Chamanga continues to defy the odds by proving that age is just a number as he remains in the race to retain the Zambian top goalscorer award at the age of 41.
Chamanga was the Zambian Super League top scorer last season with 16 goals for Red Arrows following his return from China where he worked as a technical director in the last six months of his dozen years stay there.
This season he is in contention again with 11 – four behind the leading league scorer Moses Phiri – with Arrows also fighting for CAF Confederation Cup place.