{"id":49995,"date":"2026-02-15T09:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49995"},"modified":"2026-02-15T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T09:11:16","slug":"chiefs-kaze-big-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/15\/chiefs-kaze-big-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Kaze &#8211; It is a big disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Kaizer Chiefs co-head coach Cedric Kaze said his team paid Zamalek far too much respect in their 2-1 defeat on&#8230;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kaizer Chiefs co-head coach Cedric Kaze said his team paid Zamalek far too much respect in their 2-1 defeat on Saturday that saw Amakhosi knocked out of the Caf Confederation Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chiefs-go-from-first-to-third\">Chiefs go from first to third<\/h2>\n<p>Chiefs went into the game at the Suez Canal Stadium on top in Group D. But their loss to the White Knights combined with Al Masry\u2019s 2-0 win at home to Zesco United left Chiefs third in the group, behind Al Masry on goal difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ<\/strong>: Erratic Chiefs bow out of Confederation Cup<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a big disappointment for us. We put a lot of time and effort into this competition but I believe today we did not get into the game with the right attitude and mentality,\u201d said Kaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respected the opponent a lot and gave them time and space to play, especially in the first half. The first goal we conceded came from a random ball, and the second goal was also avoidable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that is football, we need to take the lessons and move on. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>With Chiefs needing just a point to ensure qualification for the last eight, the game was goalless at half time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zamalek, however, upped the ante in the second half and goals from Juan Bezerra and Abdellah El-Said gave them a commanding lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Glody Lilepo\u2019s fine header pulled a goal back for Amakhosi, but in the end it was too little, too late.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After being knocked out of the Nedbank Cup by Stellenbosch on February 4, Chiefs now have only the Betway Premiership to play for this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen, however, whether Chiefs can live with the ferocious pace being set by Orlando Pirates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amakhosi are currently third in the table, eight points behind the Buccaneers, though they do have one game in hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs do at least, after an exhausting schedule, have some time to prepare for their next Premiership match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-betway-premiership-time\">Betway Premiership time<\/h3>\n<p>They will take on Stellenbosch at FNB Stadium on February 24, before the Soweto derby against Pirates at the same venue just four days later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ<\/strong>: Ouaddou blasts Pirates players<\/p>\n<p>Scrutiny on Kaze and his co-head coach Khalil Ben Youssef, meanwhile, is likely to intensify if Amakhosi cannot sustain a title challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung last week said he could not confirm that the pair would be at Chiefs beyond the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know yet, I can\u2019t say what will happen in the future,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Chiefs #Kaze #big #disappointment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaizer Chiefs co-head coach Cedric Kaze said his team paid Zamalek far too much respect in their 2-1 defeat on&#8230;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49997,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49995\/revisions\/49997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}