Kaizer Chiefs | Amakhosi can still hold their heads high

Despite a gutting 3-0 loss to Pitso Mosimane’s Al Ahly in the final, Chiefs can hold their heads up high after their showing in this year’s CAF Champions League.

Amakhosi reached their first-ever final, achieving history in the process and showing what they can achieve as a team.

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This group will go down as the first-ever Chiefs squad to make it into the final of Africa’s continental tournament.

They have cemented themselves in Chiefs history and can only learn and build from it. The experiences that the players have gained will be priceless.

All the travel across Africa and some huge scalps along the way that included more favoured outfits such as SIMBA SC and Wydad Casablanca. They lost to the most successful side in African club football history.

Happy Mashiane’s red card proved to start their demise as the man short proved costly against a world class outfit.

Al Ahly secured their 10th victory after securing the CAF Champions League title for the successive time. They are final specialists and know how to win when it counts. Chiefs will grow from this experience having played in their first final and understanding what it is all about.

Several of their players are still very young and have heap loads of talent and potential. Njabulo Blom is still under 23 and will only get better as time goes on. Especially being surrounded by experienced veternes such as Khama Billiat, Bernard Parker, Willard Katsande. Eric Mathoho and Itumeleng Khune.

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Furthermore, the quality of some of Al Ahly’s goals were truly a site to be hold and would have beaten most keepers on the day.

Chiefs may have lost convincingly in the final but they got there and made history regardless.