PSL MaritzburgUtd won four league games in a row before the league was brought to a halt, and coach Eric Tinkler hopes they pick up where they left off when they face lidodaduvha on Sunday. | IOLsport
“It’s difficult – especially when you’re not playing any friendly games – to assess whether the players are going to be ready or not. But I’m very happy with what I’ve seen from the guys in training. We’ll only truly know come match day.
Tinkler’s men had won four games in a row before the league – and sport around the world – was brought to an abrupt halt by the spread of the coronavirus that has killed over 700 000 people worldwide and 11 500 in South Africa. That form before the lockdown saw the small KZN Midlands club flying among the big boys, and Tinkler hopes the club can continue that form despite allowing captain Siyanda Xulu to leave when his contracted ended two months ago.
“We would like to continue in the form we showed before lockdown and would obviously like to get a positive result against Leopards,” said Tinkler. “The fact that we’re playing in Joburg will help us – it benefits us in that it’s not a long trip to Thohoyandou, even if we did get good results there over the past year.”
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