Magesi FC goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze has revealed what made them believe they can make history after they stunned Mamelodi Sundowns in the Carling Knockout final.
Chipezeze played a massive role in Dikwena becoming the first team to win a trophy in their debut season in the PSL after making blinding saves, particularly in the first stanza to keep the score only 1-0 down.
After Magesi equalised early in the second stanza, the Zimbabwean was still on top of his game until Delano Abrahams snatched the winner in the dying minutes.
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After being voted Man of the match for the fourth consecutive game in the Carling Knockout, which comes with a R100, 000 cheque, Chipezeze paid a tribute to the supporters who travelled all the way from Limpopo to Free State to watch them make history.
"First of all, I just want to thank the supporters. Like I said in the beginning of the tournament, they play an important role to what we're doing. We're just here to entertain them and as you can see, they are all smiling, the stadium was buzzing," Chipezeze said on SuperSport TV.
"We have people from Limpopo driving from 5 am to come and witness us and history. I'm just grateful to them for the support they are giving me.
"We had a game plan and we executed it very well. We conceded a soft goal in the first half but we just kept it calm. We knew we were gonna create chances and we took them."
The former Baroka shot-stopper continued and said that they went to the match with the mentality of having nothing to lose.
"We knew they've got six players from Bafana Bafana, quality players. They've got [Lucas] Ribeiro, [Marcelo] Allende, [Peter] Shalulile, it's a lot. But we just told ourselves that it's a once off game, anything can happen. We have to just got there and make history," Chipezeze said.
"Keep the low block for as long as we can, because they are under pressure you know. We came to the game knowing we're the underdogs and no one expected us to win to be quite frank but credit must go the boys for the hard work throughout the week.
"The coach has been drilling us and sometimes you feel like giving up but these are the results and it paid off today," the 34-year-old goalkeeper added.