Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye says Amakhosi are very lucky to have made it to the CAF Champions League final.
Chiefs advanced to the final with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Wydad Casablanca and also dispatched of heavyweights Horoya FC and Simba FC en route.
Wydad dominated over the two legs, enjoying almost 70 percent of possession but were denied by some heroic defending and goalkeeping from the Glamourz Boys, who had to soak up a tremendous amount of pressure.
“Kaizer Chiefs couldn’t complete two or three passes. I think their game plan was just to defend and it worked for them. Yes they are going to the final. But they shouldn’t approach the final like this,” Khanye told iDiski TV.
“The way you play determines your future. If Chiefs want to win the Champions League playing the way they did against Wydad, it’s going to be a problem, a very big problem.
“The club they have just survived won the Champions League in 2017, they always participate in this tournament, they always win the league title in their country.
“We need to be realistic. Let us ask this question, if you have luck, you are going to be lucky until when? Are Chiefs going to be defending like this in the final? We know Al Ahly have won this Cup before, they have been in this before and their players have experience in playing finals.
“You could see that most Chiefs players were freezing [against Wydad] and you could tell they had stage fright.
“Chiefs have no balance in their team and that is what I have been predicting that they will lose. Yes it is a fact I got the prediction wrong, I thought they would lose. I’m not scared to say I thought they would lose and it is true I am still saying I am not convinced.
“Yes, they are in the final and as South Africa, we are very happy. But we are concerned if they play like this. They are going to the final so we are concerned. Who are they going to meet in the final?
“Similar opponents [North Africans]. It’s going to be a problem again. They will defend until when?”
