They have been building a team and recent results prove football has no shortcut, you have to set structures. They are developing well because the management is giving them enough support. If you get enough support off the pitch, then players for sure will perform. It will contribute positively to their Saturday game against Chiefs. I am not expecting Simba to fall, they will get a positive outcome and advance. Chiefs have been struggling badly and it will play a part in Saturday s game.
The former Gor Mahia player has further explained how current coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa has positively impacted the team.
“If you look at their Champions League matches they are changing and playing differently from their domestic matches which is probably why they are here [in the quarter-finals], so we have seen what they can do in the league and in the Caf competition and we have worked out plans to deal with them,” Da Rosa told
Goal.
“We don’t want to lose focus by relying on their mixed run of results and thinking we have an easy match ahead of us, we must be focused to do our job.
“All the teams in this tournament are strong and we give a lot of respect to Kaizer Chiefs but we are excited and we want to reach the top in this tournament and we are ready to play with them.
Simba SC coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa states why they arrived in South Africa earlier than usual for their Caf Champions League fixture against Kaizer Chiefs.
Goal.
“The Mainland league is a marathon, you fight to win and get points and whoever get more points at end of the season, wins the title, but in Champions League it is a knockout competition, you win you proceed to the next stage, you lose you are knocked out, so this are two different competitions and not playing against Yanga will not affect us at all.
“So we always prepare differently when playing in the two competitions and we have already forgotten what happened against Yanga, we respect them, they are a great team but now our focus is on Chiefs, it is the task we are focused on.”