Barker wary of AmaZulu strikers ahead of league clash

Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker says the temper inside their camp is nice, however provides that he’s wary of AmaZulu FC’s strikers’ type ahead of their DStv Premiership tie at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday.

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Barker, nonetheless, says he and the remainder of his technical group have ready the gamers effectively for the match in opposition to Usuthu.

“The mood is good and we’re coming off quite a decent spell with the team being unbeaten in our last five matches. We’ve now been getting the team organised for what will be a very tough match because AmaZulu have shown that they are a difficult team to play against this season, and a difficult one to score against,” stated the Stellies coach.

“Their strikers have also shown good form of late with both (Augustine Chidi Kwem and Junior Dion) having scored hat-tricks, but we are in a good space as well and feeling positive. We are looking forward to the match and a big few weeks of football ahead.”

While there was no membership soccer as a result of of the Fifa break, Barker was busy increasing his data of the sport with a Caf A training Licence course. The Stellenbosch mentor says it’s very important to maintain on bettering as a coach.

“It’s nice to be back with the squad, but it was interesting and nice to be part of the course,” Barker stated.

“You always want to keep on developing and improving your knowledge as a coach, so that is something that I did gain from. It was also nice to interact with other coaches from around South Africa, and together as coaches see how we can grow that knowledge and improve.”

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Stellies will head into this clash with Usuthu in eleventh place with 14 factors on the league standings, whereas AmaZulu are in eighth place with 15 factors from the identical quantity of matches.