Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane appears to have a found solution to Chiefs' centre-back issues from an unlikely source.
Since the start of the season, it's been increasingly clear that Amakhosi have struggled to settle on a preferred centre-back pairing.
Zwane has had to rotate between Njabulo Ngcobo and Siyabonga Ngezana from match-to-match as partner to Zitha Kwinika.
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However, after two solid displays in the centre-back position, Zwane seems to have found an unlikely solution to Chiefs' centre-back dilemma in new signing Edmilson Dove.
"For me, he's given us the balance we've been looking for," Zwane told journalists after Chiefs MTN8 clash against AmaZulu.
Following a successful trial, Dove was originally signed by Chiefs as a left-back at the start of August, but the defender does have experience playing in the centre-back position both with Cape Town City and the Mozambican national team.
Dove made his debut for Chiefs in a 2-1 win over SuperSport United.
"Maybe in the SuperSport game he made a few mistakes and it looked like he was a bit shaky, and obviously when we brought him in he was going to compete as a left full-back but he's got the quality," Zwane explained.
"Even in the game against SuperSport, he gave us a very good balance because he's a left-footed player.
"That's been our problem. It made us predictable in the past games. More especially when we were building up for the opposition to close the spaces.
"We don't want to just kick the ball forward we want to build up from the back.
"We want to find the holes and exploit those spaces because we've got quick explosive players upfront but you must know how to use and when to play the ball to them."Ama
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"For me, he was one of the Man of the Match players (candidates). He was very very strong on the ball. He was aggressive," Zwane said.
"I can't remember him losing the ball, maybe once in the entire 90 minutes."
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