Pirates beat Chiefs 1-0 to keep the MTN 8 trophy for the second time in succession. Amakhosi finished the game without ‘Shabba' after he was substituted in the 81st minute for Willard Katsande much to the disappointment to the club's fans. 'VV' says Tshabalala was not at his best, which is why he replaced him nine minutes from time. “In my team there is no player who is not replaceable,” Vermezovic says. “I expect Bafana Bafana players to take responsibility and Shabba was not at his usual level and hence he was substituted.” Tshabalala says will not take Vermezovic's words personally. “I respect the coach's opinion and will take it like a professional. I will continue to work hard and make sure that in my next chance I double my efforts.” After the disappointment of losing to Pirates in the MTN8 Final, Tshabalala says his team will now focus on doing well in the League. “I was very disappointed to lose in the Final as we wanted to win the trophy. However, that is part of football and congratulations to Pirates. “This is not the end of the world and our focus now is on the next League game where we want to try and make sure that we maintain our unbeaten record,” he says. Do you think VV is right about Shabba? Have your say HERE!




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The show must go on... we behind the coach, the special one.
your sub let you down, hope u don't repeat ur mistake for next coming games.
the next 4 games coming it will be tough.
RISE KHOSI RISE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Waai its him and his left foot this one legged zebra...maybe the left foot was tired and he couldnt use the right one!!
Hhehe married women were crying on TV after Ace's goal...footbal can do wonders
You kept Yeye & Dladla and they were not up to scrach .
You should just take responsibility and stop pointing Shabba
Infact ....I don't want to talk about this game because you(coach) are the liability .
I mean how a one team beat you 3 times ?
Phathetic tactics
sam: Its called taking a step in learning a foreign language. Nothing wrong with that, its funny that u dont have a problem with VV and Leal.
Can anyone explain to me on what basis is Shabba a good player and a special player as you pro-claim him.
What has Shabba achieved for himslef and for Chiefs. Can one Chiefs fans explain to us maybe we will understand, because to us there is no difference in Shabba and Yende, Nale, Masango just a bunch of average overrated players who do not even deserve to play for AMAKHOSI.
Yes, Dladla was not as effective as he was expected to be but Shabba was no better either.
I also feel that Pirates did not have a great game but then again quality came into the fore and won us the game. Next weekend we will do much better going forward than we did in this game and we will once again triumph.
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