Unpopular German Coach Wins First Match With Kaizer Chiefs
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published December 13, 2018 | 03:48 AM
Johannesburg, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :Unpopular new Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp made a winning return Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over SuperSport United in the South African Premiership.
The 60-year-old German was put in charge of the struggling Soweto club for a second time last Friday after Italian Giovanni Solinas quit just five months into a two-year contract.
News that Middendorp had returned to the club where he made little impact between 2005 and 2007 triggered a wave of social media criticism.
"Solinas was attempting to kill us... Middendorp will finish us off," read one tweet while another said: "Middendorp will not bring us solutions, only more misery." But the German went some way to silencing his critics as Chiefs dominated SuperSport at Mbombela Stadium in northeastern city Nelspruit and should have won more convincingly.
The winner came on 64 minutes from an unlikely source as captain George Maluleka ended a 14-month goal drought by slamming the ball into the net from outside the box.
"Collecting the three points was the most important thing," said Middendorp, who has coached five other South African clubs without winning any trophies.
"It was a good game and a good performance from my team. Another goal would have enabled us to relax a little more.""I am sure we will get better," said the coach who signed a 30-month contract as successor to Solinas.
Chiefs are the biggest crowd-pullers in South African football and have won 53 domestic trophies since being formed 48 years ago.
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