Amakhosi have never won the Champions League before and Sithole feels they now face the prospect of being regarded as “heroes for years to come.”
“We are not in the final by mistake. It was through the hard work of the players,” said Sithole as per Sun Sport.
“Having reached this point there’s only one result and that is to win the final. It’s time for them to be the heroes at Chiefs for years to come. I think this is their [players] time to make their mark.”
Sithole was part of the Chiefs squad which lost to Al Ahly and current Amakhosi first assistant coach Arthur Zwane was also in that team
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Hunt has been enduring a difficult time as Chiefs coach as he struggles to address his team’s weaknesses.
Week in, week out, the coach complains about his side’s poor finishing or defensive frailties, and emphasises the need to correct them.
However, there seems to be little hope to get it right for Chiefs as they continue to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
Now much talk on Chiefs is about the imminent return of striker Samir Nurkovic from injury, and there are high expectations that the Serb’s comeback would solve Amakhosi’s woes in front of goal.
Zinnbauer revealed that they have footage of Esperanca in action and he has since come up with a game plan.
“We have information about the team and we know what we have to do against them‚” Zinnbauer told the media.
“It is not going to be an easy game for us because away games are always difficult on the continent. The opponent is not so bad and they look good because I have watched them together with the other coaches when we were analysing them.”
Pirates maintained their unbeaten record this season by securing a 1-0 win over Chippa United in a PSL match at Orlando Stadium on Wednesday night.