Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Gaston Sirino has opened up on the change in mentality at the club after their 4-0 win over SuperSport United in the Carling Knockout.
Sirino broke the deadlock and assisted the second goal by Yusuf Maart, as Ranga Chivaviro and Ashley Du Preez scored late goals to ensure a comfortable passage for Amakhosi into the quarter-finals.
For his effort, the former Mamelodi Sundowns attacker was named Man of the Match and admitted that they could not get going before he scored just after the half-hour mark.
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"Very difficult game, SuperSport played very good, possibly they had the best [first] 30 minutes but we need to push. I think we played very well after the first goal," Sirino said on SuperSport TV.
"We need to push, it's Kaizer Chiefs, it's a big club, we need to win every game."
The Uruguayan, compared to his latter years at Sundowns, has assumed a bigger role at Amakhosi, where he has become their talisman.
The 33-year-old acknowledged the big role he is playing at the Glamour Boys and suggested that a change in mentality under head coach Nasreddine Nabi is the reason for a turnaround of the club's fortunes.
"You know it's a big responsibility to play for Kaizer Chiefs but I'm very happy to help the team, I'm here to help. The change of mentality is important, the change of mentality to win every game," Sirino said.
"As you saw the last game against Sundowns, we needed to score a little bit more goals but it's football. Now we need recovery, after another difficult game against SuperSport," the 33-year-old added.