Isaac Chansa - Bucs must not concede goals
Bucs must not concede goals at home
Posted: 2010-09-10 13:29
Orlando Pirates midfielder Isaac Chansa has spoken about the need to avoid conceding at home when they host Kaizer Chiefs in the first leg of the MTN8 Cup semi-final on Saturday night at FNB Stadium.
Kick-Off for the Soweto Derby is at 20h15.
The in-form Zambian believes it will important to keep a clean sheet as to avoid the burden of playing with added pressure in the return leg a fortnight later.
"We have to be careful with conceding goals at home, especially since this is our home game in a semi-final that is being played on a home and away basis. We just have to score as many as we can so that the second game becomes easier for us.
"Matches played over two legs are usually won by away goals advantage so for us we should making sure that we avoid conceding and then score as many as possible," says Chansa who has been the stand-out player at Bucs so far this season.
With the anthem of plenty chances created with no goals scored still being sung loudly in the Bucs camp, Chansa adds that they are working on their finishing that Ruud Krol has already mentioned he is worried about.
"We are going to work on our finishing like the coach said so that come Saturday we utilise the chances that we create. In football games are won by scoring goals and it is what we intend doing on Saturday. You can never find pleasure in creating chances when you are making use of them to win games so that will have to change on Saturday," adds the Zambian.
Chiefs, being a team that is playing pretty well at the moment though they tend to slow down in the second-half, Chansa says he is aware of the threat that they pose, particularly with the dangerous Zimbabwean Knowledge Musona.
"We have seen Chiefs play and it is no doubt that they are playing good football at the moment and have individual players playing well. Come Saturday we are going to match them because we have also been working on our weaknesses just as we have been working on exploiting their weak points.
"I know that he (Musona) is a good player but we are not planning for him as an individual but Chiefs as a team because that is who we will face and have to prepare for. It is not right to plan for an individual when you are playing against a team," says Chansa.
The 26-year-old also plays down his injury after he was substituted in the goalless mid-week draw against Free State Stars.
"It is nothing to worry about as it was more of a precaution and I should be ready for Saturday," he adds.




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