Cardoso backs struggling Chiefs striker!

Kaizer Chiefs central defender Daniel Cardoso has lauded Amakhosi for the new signings, who were all, according to him, impressive throughout the entire season.

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Kearyn Baccus, Yagan Sasman, and Samir Nurkovic were all signed by the Soweto giants prior to the start of the current season and quickly established themselves as key players under the leadership of coach Ernst Middendorp.

Bobby Motaung pats himself on the back about Kaizer Chiefs' signings
Kaizer Chiefs 2019/20 new signing with the club’s marketing director Jessica Motaung during the unveiling of new players.
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The Naturena-based club was sitting at the summit of the league standings before the season was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Bringing in the new signings was great, Samir Nurkovic he’s got off to a great start,” Cardoso said on FARPost.

“I mean he scored [his first goal for Chiefs] in the second game against SuperSport United when we drew 1-1.”

Nurkovic, who is also racing for the Golden Boot award, has been one of the best performers in the league this season having scored 11 times which is three goals behind the league’s top goalscorer, Frank Mhango of Orlando Pirates.

“Kearyn Baccus also gelled in very quickly and Yagan Sasman has been great on the left-hand side for us, he sometimes plays centre-back with me,” added Cardoso.

Baccus, who hails from Australian side Melbourne City, has displayed some solid performances in the midfield while Sasman has done well as a central defender having joined the club from Ajax Cape Town.

Meanwhile, the highly-rated Chiefs new signing Lazarous Kambole who comes from Zambian giants Zesco United did not quite live up to the expectations after struggling in front having failed to score in 12 competitive matches for Middendorp’s side.

“Kambole, he had great games, just needs that one goal just to get that confidence and once he gets that first goal, he will start moving up the places,” Cardoso concluded.

The 31-year-old Bafana international has established himself as the club’s first-choice penalty taker this season and has since netted five goals from 27 competitive games.