Cape Town - Kaizer Chiefs destroyer Willard
Katsande believes Wednesday's 3-2 win over AmaZulu has given the club
confidence to beat Zesco United in Saturday's CAF Confederations Cup
play-off second leg.
Chiefs go into the contest at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg needing
to overturn a 3-1 first leg deficit which was played on January 13 at
the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
Nonetheless, the Glamour Boys are largely in good form having won
three of their last four Absa Premiership matches under coach Ernst
Middendorp.
As such, Katsande takes the view that Amakhosi must be positive against Team Ya Ziko.
He said: "It was crucial to get the win against AmaZulu because we
are going into a crucial, crucial match [on the weekend], for which we
need confidence at all costs playing at home.
"We won the past game against Wits and this one, so that's two away
matches that were very, very important for us [to win] going forward.
"It's going to also help us because we need to climb up the ladder in the league and try to do well (in all competitions).
"We won the past game against Wits and this one, so that's two away
matches that were very, very important for us [to win] going forward."
Adding of his three league goals this season, the Zimbabwe star
concluded: "It's always important to contribute to the team. It's not
only for strikers to chip in with goals, or defenders to actually
defend.
"Because we could say at some point there are instances where
[Leonardo] Castro also chases back from the strike force to defend, so
everybody has a duty to contribute in the team.
"As for scoring goals, it's a plus for me, but overall I'm more
worried about the team, because the team comes first before any
individual."