Polokwane registered their second win on the road when they beat AmaZulu at Princes Magogo Stadium 1-0. City Phuti Mohafe, the coach of Rise and Shine, has asked his players to show consistency in order to keep their position in the top 8 before the Africa Cup of Nations break. This season has seen Rise and Shine be inconsistent in the League. The team failed to build off their performance against Sekhukhune, losing to Orlando Pirates in September. They then lost to Richards Bay and Usuthu, before drawing 1-1 at Richards Bay.“This is the most important win for us because we were having mixed results. We are not consistent enough to challenge, and I think this win is an important one considering that we won away,” Mohafe said.“It is something that we don’t usually do; we struggle with away performances. It was a turnaround for us in terms of winning away.”Rise and Shine’s next match will be at home against Mamelodi Sundowns on November 23 at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium after the Fifa international break, where they will hope for a positive result.“Honestly speaking, we didn’t expect to win this match; we set ourselves a target of four points in the previous match and this one. The maximum points we were looking to get were against Richards Bay, and we were unfortunate we didn’t get them,” He said.“Coming into this one we were under pressure to achieve our target, and we made that.“The system that we played in the last 30 minutes was the one that made us win the match, because we strengthened the defence and played with five at the back.“We were only going out in transition as we decided to sit back and try to deny them the spaces, and that worked for us.”
2025-11-05 11:33:41
We need consistency to challenge for top 8 – Mohafe
