Stuart Baxter Believes Stellenbosch FC Defeat Was A Close Game!

Stuart Baxter Believes Stellenbosch FC Defeat Was A Close Game! Amakhosi lost at home to the visiting Stellies.

Kaizer Chiefs lost 1-0 to Stellenbosch FC in the DSTV Premiership yesterday afternoon. Head coach Stuart Baxter is under the belief that the game could have gone either way.

South African u/23 striker Ashley Du Preez scored a stunning effort from range in the first half. The young man could have scored another goal in the second half, but he struck the post.

“It was a really close game,”

“I think it ebbed and flowed a little bit. I think we opened very well, I think we got the first 15 minutes that we wanted,” he added.

“Our combination around the box was quite good. Our movement, quite good.

“They break away and that’s obviously what they were looking for. A low block and break out into the quick players.

“They broke away, only made a couple run-ins that gave them a little hope I think and for 30 minutes we lost our way. We were really not co-ordinated in the pressing.

“We stopped looking for balls in between, we started playing safe and the 30 minutes including their goal we not really good. Then we came back from the second-half, we upped it a little bit but we’re chasing the game a little bit,” he lamented

“So they have the luxury of sitting deep all the time and launching balls if they want to, just clearing the pressure. So we just didn’t have the focus and the quality in the second-half that was going to open them up.

“We had a couple of chances, a couple of good set-plays that we didn’t convert, very close but all in all. It wasn’t a great performance from us.

“It wasn’t a bad performance but certainly not one those you going to knock Stellenbosch off their perch when they’ve been undefeated.” the coach said.

Amakhosi will play Orlando Pirates this weekend. Stuart Baxter Believes Stellenbosch FC Defeat Was A Close Game!