Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Arthur Zwane says Amakhosi will not be back at full strength yet when they face Royal AM at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday in their second game back from their Covid-19 hiatus.
With head coach Stuart Baxter isolating after the outbreak of more than 30 cases of Covid-19 at Naturena that saw Amakhosi unable to honour two league fixtures, Zwane took charge of Chiefs' return to play in their understrength combination's 2-0 win against Sekhukhune United.
With players still returning from having to isolate for a 10-day period, and then a further seven days' reintegration into full training after that, Zwane said Chiefs will still be missing key members of their squad against Royal. “And yes, you could see it in the game [against Sekhukhune]. We risked Phathu [Nange] and you could actually see he was breathing heavily and at some point he was coughing. But I had no choice because we wanted to consolidate, we needed him, and Njabulo Blom had already been cramping.
“I think we played about seven young players, which is good for the future of this team. So we had to try to manage the game.”
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