Ntuli wants to hit the ground running
AmaZulu striker Bongi Ntuli will hope to continue where he left off and score the goals to fire Usuthu to safety in the remainder of the Absa Premiership season.
Ntuli has incredibly scored 12 of his teams meager 14 league goals this season, but got the winner as they defeated table-topping Kaizer Chiefs in the final game before lockdown.
They will resume their season with a crucial clash against fellow strugglers Baroka FC at their new ‘home’ of the Lucas Moripe Stadium on August 15, with the teams separated only by goal-difference and with each having the chance to deliver a psychological blow.
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Ntuli believes AmaZulu will be ready for the restart, and the remaining weeks of the season.
“I think we’re ready as a team. We have the belief that we can come out of the position we’re currently in,” he said.
“Our hopes are still quite high, everyone has been pushing at training even though it has been a long and difficult wait. We have to go onto our game against Baroka with everything we’ve got.”
The relegation battle is likely to be intensely fought, with eight sides still realistically in the mix.
Black Leopards are at the foot of the table with 20 points from 24 matches followed by AmaZulu, Polokwane City and Baroka, who all have 23. Chippa United (26), Stellenbosch (27), Cape Town City (27) and Bloemfontein Celtic (28) will all feel they are not safe yet.
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