Given the defensive crisis at Kaizer Chiefs, will head coach Nasreddine Nabi take a leaf out of Orlando Pirates counterpart Jose Riveiro's book against Mamelodi Sundowns?
Facing a challenge of not having key player Patrick Maswanganyi available against Sundowns, three weeks ago, Riveiro switched his tactics and played with three centre-backs and a five-man defence.
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Chiefs currently have somewhat of a defensive crisis, with the injury to Rushwin Dortley exposing them at the back, particularly after also selling Thatayaone Ditlhokwe.
Seeing they have been struggling to keep clean sheets, would a three centre-back system minimize their mistakes against The Brazilians in the Nedbank Cup semi-finals on Sunday?
"There are times when they have played with three centre-backs, so we can't say the formation is not working or the formation is working," says Tefu Mashamaite, speaking to KickOff.com.
"Because at the end of the day, formations are made based on the type of game that is being played.
The former Amakhosi skipper was also not convinced that Ditlhokwe's departure affected the side, though admitted that not having Dortley has contributed to their current vulnerabilities.
"No, we can't say it's the departure of Ditlhokwe (that makes them vulnerable), it has just been the whole season with the inconsistency in defence.
"But again, Dortley is one of the first-choice defenders and he's injured, so you can attribute the situation right now to that as well," he offered.
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The winner will face the victor between Orlando Pirates and Marumo Gallants, who will play the first semi-final in 15:00.
