According to former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Frank 'Disco' Makua, it took only one incident for Nasreddine Nabi's game plan to collapse against SuperSport United on Saturday.
Chiefs were unfortunate to lose 1-0 to SuperSport after match referee Christopher Kistoor denied them what appeared to be a clear penalty by failing to protect Edson Castillo from a bad tackle that saw him substituted early.
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Makua says that injury is what disrupted Nabi's game plan against the defensive Matsatsantsa.
"Gavin Hunt planned to minimize the space in the midfield and not allow Kaizer Chiefs to play from there," explains Makua, speaking to KickOff.com.
"After Castillo left the pitch, Gavin Hunt crowded his midfield, and unfortunately, we couldn't come up with a plan to penetrate his defensive football.
"Nabi came with the same plan he used in the cup game last week, the only change being Castillo. But his injury affected Nabi's game plan a lot. Before the injury, Castillo was the one who was assisting Ranga Chivaviro up front. He was adding numbers between him and Mduduzi Shabalala.
"So, when Castillo got injured, Nabi's game plan suffered. He had to be replaced by Yusuf Maart, but their play is not the same. Castillo is more threatening than Maart, who is a defensive player, whereas Castillo can be both defensive and offensive," adds the 50-year-old who wore the famous Gold and Black colours between 1995 and 2000.
Makua believes there are still players who lack confidence at Amakhosi, suggesting reinforcements are needed.
"When you look at Orlando Pirates, you can take off Patrick Maswanganyi and put somebody else, but the coach's game plan will still be executed perfectly. That's what we lack at Chiefs.
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"But Nabi had a good game plan against SuperSport United, but unfortunately,y Castillo was injured and Chiefs were robbed. We were supposed to get a penalty.
"That [Bilal] Baloyi guy misjudged the ball and ended up kicking Castillo, but strangely, both the referee and his assistant couldn't see it."