AmaZulu FC head coach Arthur Zwane was left to rue his side’s decision-making in crucial phases of the game against Polokwane City.
Usuthu were held to a 1-1 draw by Polokwane City in Friday’s Betway Premiership encounter, which was played at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi, Durban.
Zwane believes that the KwaZulu-Natal giants should have done better, especially after taking the lead through 22-year-old sensation Tebogo Mashigo seven minutes into the match.
“We could have done better after scoring the goal. We started out very slow… They imposed themselves for about 15 minutes against the run of play. We managed to get a goal,” Zwane said.
“From that moment, we had about six half-chances. We just had poor decision-making in three versus two and two versus one. We just gave the ball away, and made them look like they defended well when it was three versus one.
“I am disappointed, but I cannot fault the efforts of the players, but we were playing at home, and we knew what they were going to do. They get the ball into the middle, and once the ball gets to (Manuel) Kambala, they will change the point of attack,” the retired pacey winger added.
“If not, they use the other side because they use the wingers. That allowed us to exploit the space, but poor decision-making and giving the ball cheaply in the final third entry and rushing actions, as well as instead of being calm, let us down because whenever we gave the ball away in those moments, there was an attack against us.”
Sixth-placed AmaZulu will wrap up their Betway Premiership campaign with an encounter against second-placed Orlando Pirates at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on May 24. Kick-off at 15h00.
