Thabo Cele has revealed what went wrong for Kaizer Chiefs in their first pre-season match against Vitesse, before going on to talk about their upcoming encounter against FC Utrecht.
Chiefs kicked off their pre-season preparations earlier this week and faced SVB Vitesse, who campaign in the Eerste Divisie, on Tuesday.
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The match, in which head coach Nabi fielded two separate teams on either side of the half-time break, ended in a 2-1 loss for the South Africans.
Speaking to the club's media, Cele gave an honest account of what he believed went haywire.
"In the first half, we had that patience and we were organised. We could even have added another goal or two.
"The guys who played in the second half haven't really played together as yet in that formation. But that's good, that's how you learn and that's how you have to see pre-season friendlies as well," said Cele.
They now turn attention to what will be a tougher test against Eredivisie top-flight side Utrecht on Friday, which will be interestingly followed by one against NEC Nijmegen just a day later.
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"That will be a very different test. Those games will show us where we are at present and where we want to go. Needless to say, this pre-season training will take us to the next level," added the man who joined Amakhosi in the second round of last season.
Kick-off is at 16:00 (SA time).
