Casric FC co-coach Bucs Mthombeni has revealed his excitement after the Motsepe Foundation Championship side were drawn against Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs in the Nedbank Cup last-16.
Mthombeni revealed that he grow-up supporting Amakhosi and he is a die-hard fan of the club. He also mentioned that he usde to like the current Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane as player and Jabu Mahlangu.
Stars are in hunt of promotion in the Motsepe Foundation Championship, sitting in third spot on the standings, just three points behind log leaders Polokwane City after going 13 games unbeaten in the league.
“I’m a die-hard fan of Kaizer Chiefs, and during Arthur Zwane and Jabu Pule’s playing days, I always drove from [home] to come and watch Kaizer Chiefs,” Mthombeni said.
“To be quite honest, I’m a die-hard Kaizer Chiefs fan. That’s why these boys were waiting for this draw, and after the draw, everyone asked, ‘which colors are you going to wear?’
“I said, ‘no, why are you asking me? Because I’m a Casric Stars coach’. They also wanted to see my behavior. I also said, ‘remember, I chose to be here. I’m at Casric Stars that is why you saw the boys celebrating like that’.
“They wanted to see how a child versus a father would be, which was the only thing they were celebrating. Let me just clear this thing. I don’t want people to think they were celebrating that Chiefs are an easy team.
“I know Chiefs is a big team. The players were excited that I’m going to play against my favourite team.
“They said, yeah, I wanted to see the coach when he’s playing against his favourite team; what is going to happen.”
Chiefs host Casric at the FNB Stadium at 18:00 on Sunday evening and could book their first quarter-final ticket of the Ke Yona Cup since 2018/19.
But there is hope for Casric FC, as since the inauguration of the PSL in 1996/97, Chiefs have faced teams from outside of the topflight eight times at this stage of the Nedbank Cup, winning five of these games but also losing three times.
