Mabedi bemoans Castro’s red card
Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Patrick Mabedi believes Leonardo Castro's sendoff cost them the game against Golden Arrows.
Patrick Mabedi, head coach of Kaizer Chiefs been interviewed by SuperSport during the Absa Premiership 2017/18 game between Golden Arrows and Kaizer Chiefs at Princess Magogo Stadium. (Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix)
Castro was shown a straight red card in the 16th minute for a reckless foul on Matome Mathiane.
Amakhosi went on to lose the game 3 – 1 at the Princess Magogo Stadium on Tuesday night.
“We started very badly. I think we slept a little bit. I think what affected us more was the red card, everything just went wrong for us after that. I think we lost control immediately after the red card,” Mabedi told SuperSport TV after the game.
Mabedi, however, hailed his charges for trying hard to get something from the game even though they were one man down.
“I have to give credit to the players. They fought with a man less and showed character and we have tried our best. If you check the goals we conceded, it was just individual errors, it happens. But it’s one of those things so we just have to keep going. We were good.
“We tried to knock it around and with the fighting spirit showed today. I think if we continue working on our mistakes done today, we’ll go somewhere,” concluded Mabedi.
Chiefs next face Maritzburg United at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
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