In any team, there is that one player who has the magic spark to propel the team to greatness and Arthur Zwane has revealed the real Kaizer Chiefs talisman.
Zwane was full of praise for the attacker following Chiefs 2-1 win over Swallows in the Soweto Derby on Wednesday evening at Dobsonville Stadium.
It was Chiefs’ fourth DStv Premiership win of the season, and Zwane believes Kgaogelo Sekgota is the club’s best player so far this campaign.
The 25-year-old has been impressive on the left wing for Amakhosi and even received a Bafana Bafana call-up from coach Hugo Broos for the Sierra Leone and Botswana friendlies most recently.
Sekgota has made seven league appearances and has two assists to his name.
ZWANE ON SEKGOTA
“Ever since we started this season, he is our star player,” Zwane told the media in Soweto.
“When you look at the chances we have created, he is always in good areas at the right time. Sekgota has been doing well.
“And we want to help other players to be at the same level as him. He is never going to be perfect; he will make mistakes but so far, so good for him.
“I’m happy for him because he had to be put on a programme where we pushed him because we realised that we need a player like him to play the entire 90 minutes as we couldn’t use him as an impact player all the time,” added Zwane.
The Amakhosi coach went on to state the one area of the game Sekgota needs to work on to become even better.
“He responded very positively, and as you can see, at least now he can last in the game because whenever he is in the game, anything can happen,” declared Zwane.
“We need to help him now to improve his decision-making in the final third, and he will be deadly.
“The good thing is that he is no longer just crossing the ball, he targets areas, and you must have seen the one Caleb [Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana] missed, and Ashley [du Preez] was also there, and it came again from Sekgota.
“If you look back, the style of Kaizer Chiefs we used to dominate from the wingers, had players who were very quick on 1v1’s they would skin you.
“And bring in crosses and look for combinations, and when you look at Sekgota, that identity is coming back, and that is what we are trying to do right now.”
