Celebrations could have wrecked Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs' Nedbank Cup victory

Posted: 19 April 2010 Time: 10:33 am

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Kaizer Chiefs coach Vladimir Vermezovic says that his players' celebrations after winning the Telkom Knockout Cup could easily have led to their downfall going into the the Nedbank Cup clash against SuperSport United.

VV said it was always going to be difficult to get the players into right frame of mind after winning the Telkom Cup Final against Ajax Cape Town in Durban last weekend.

"(Gavin) Hunt knows better than me because he has won the League three times, but in my opinion the first game after winning a Cup is the most difficult.

"My players celebrated for two or three days after winning the Telkom Cup and this made my job of preparing them for this game difficult.

"For me, this has been it a nice win for us. They (SupersSport) beat us twice in the League and now we beat them here at the Rand stadium.

"I agree with Hunt that he was missing a number of players, but for me SuperSport is SuperSport. I don't care who plays for SuperSport... SuperSport is a big club."

VV also praised his players for showing great character, especially after winning the Telkom Knockout Final against Ajax Cape Town last weekend.

"Maybe it was good that we had to play against SuperSport; maybe if it was a smaller team who knows? But I think my boys' attitude was very good - especially in the second half.

"For us it was a very important game because my players had to prove that they are not players for only one game after winning the Telkom Knockout Final.

"People talk about the mentality of South African players, but I saw today that my players are very professional," he adds.

Article by: Ernest Fakude

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Maestro KC
posted: 10:41 am
This Khosi is a brand, 4 stories about VV within 30 minutes? haaibo

Khosification
Khosi 4 Life Since 1970
posted: 10:47 am
Maestro KC: 2010-04-19 10:41 [ Report ]


This Khosi is a brand, 4 stories about VV within 30 minutes? haaibo

Khosification

I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH YOU, KHOSIFICATION...

KC IS A SUPER BRAND!
Anonymous
posted: 10:48 am
VV jst keep on going. it is funy how each and every team that we have defeated has some kind of an excuse as to y they lost the game. no one from the coaches of the teams we defeated is praising the team or our coach. bt we dönt care cos we know we r da best! onto da next one! onto da next one!
Khosi 4 Life Since 1970
posted: 10:49 am
Where is abanye? I mean the downas 7 the bhakaniyas of this world!

Tshu......
Anonymous
posted: 10:57 am
Well done Khosi...Prove them wrong..I see even Brian Mathe from SSP has joined the crew for Chiefs haters..People like making their life miserable..just give credit where it's due..Chiefs are on fire..period..

To the fans..please don't cause chaos,if you know that you didn't buy tickets to sit in the grandstand..don't push your way through...Raining or not...the Ellis park scene was enough back then.. Behave Khosi..
Khubza mulandzeleri wa Kaizer Chiefs
posted: 10:58 am
As i said b4, we are real champion, not smash & crab champions, we know when stop celabrating and start working again, anyway, why do we have to celabrate that much, we are used to this thing of winning cups.

Dlaya MAKHOSI Dlayyyyya
Swona Champ!
posted: 11:03 am
Chiefs has not yet won this cup, more games still needs to be played, hope they avoid Steve Barker, but I like their coach, when remember that chimps did not want anything to do with him, now they are calling him saviour!
Swona Champ!
posted: 11:05 am
Thabo, before you forget SSU are the champions!
Thabang [The KHOSI One]
posted: 11:06 am
The haters have all disappeared?

I saw Size13 popping up somewhere; welcome back mighty KHOSI.

The KHOSI One
Anonymous
posted: 11:15 am
Why do people have 2 contionously bring up the fact that we criticzed VV..eff off man...we were'nt happy with certain decisions he made so...big deal!!!
Swona..u sound miserable as ever dude...im sure ur one of the many that are disappointed after we beat SSU..nx, what bitter haters!


Anyway..thats true VV..for the first few minutes the performance was shaky adn fatigue is also a factor, but we won coz we were the better team on the day..get that..as for Brian Mathe..lets just leave it there



'For us it was a very important game because my players had to prove that they are not players for only one game after winning the Telkom Knockout Final.'

compare VV's statement 2 Trott saying Sundowns against Island FC was class..hahah
Mopheme.
posted: 11:29 am
KC's form is something that will be gone sooner rather than later. It's good for the supporters to make a noise now because they realise that they will have to shut up soon.It is a fake form like the one Papic introduced at Pirates sometimes ago.
Anonymous
posted: 11:34 am
"I agree with Hunt that he was missing a number of players, but for me SuperSport is SuperSport. I don't care who plays for SuperSport... SuperSport is a big club."

but for me SuperSport is SuperSport.

SuperSport is SuperSport.

Ok haters, do you get the point here....so please stop telling us about big guns that were not available when we win our games

Eish mara I'm proud of this coach....A TRUE PRFFESIONAL LIKE OUR TEAM


Maestro KC
posted: 11:35 am
Swona: 2010-04-19 11:03

Who is Steve Barker? are you talking about the Dog? His name is Clive Barker, Clive man, Clive...

james.r1: 2010-04-19 11:29

Stop hallucinating and accept the challenge

Khosification
Anonymous
posted: 11:36 am
The WIN against SSU is worrying, cause once Chiefs win their first game, they will win the Cup. I am Pirates fan but VV seem to be getting everything correct. Chiefs will win Nedbank cup unless the Conflict of interest emerge from Standard Bank.
Anonymous
posted: 11:36 am
james.r1: 2010-04-19 11:29

Yazi wena!!!......usucala ukuba is'cefe manje....awusiyeke maan, nathi isikhathi sethu lesi futhu ungakucala ngalinye nje ilanga compare chiefs with pirates
Anonymous
posted: 11:38 am
KING: 2010-04-19 11:36

HOLA KING, welcome back baba and for the first time, I like you comments
Anonymous
posted: 11:40 am
@maestro..steve barker is Tuks coach! there is clive barker and steve barker!
Anonymous
posted: 11:42 am
Amakhosazana beat Men(Pirates, Downs, SSu, Ajax, Santos)...cause for concern for men in this country

Hey KING...

wena u knw ur story lol

Sbuda

This james 1rand is a fool..at least we have something 2 show for our current form, bheka nje Yende has been at Chiefs for one season, he's already tasted silverware and can add a gold medal 2 his cabinet...what about the ever loyal Makhanya..bronze and copper medals galore
Anonymous
posted: 11:44 am
hey u donkeys cup games is lyk fandafanda ,we r league champs u hv 2 sweat if u wnt 2 win league,dnt tell me of cups
Anonymous
posted: 11:45 am
@Andy: You are unreasonable - Chiefs is nothing similar 2 Papic & Pie-sebono - in short no-silverware IS NOT Equal To tons-of-silverware. So who's fake?
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