Itumeleng Khune has defended Yusuf Maart after his penalty miss towards Golden Arrows, saying he’s a powerful penalty and his method makes it troublesome for any keeper.
Maart missed an early spot-kick which might have given his staff the lead in Chiefs’ 2-1 defeat to Abafana Bes’thende.
Regardless of Maart later equalising Arrows’ opener, Amakhosi suffered their tenth defeat of the season after Knox Mutizwa scored the winner late within the second half.
With Maart being booed by sections of the Chiefs’ after his penalty miss, Khune insisted the participant confirmed accountability and has an excellent penalty file.
“He’s a accountable captain, regardless of the criticism he’s been going by, he’s taken the accountability to lift his hand and be counted. He’s a a senior participant, he’s the captain,” the previous Chiefs captain-turned analyst mentioned on SABC.
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“That is how he takes his penalties. Folks will say ‘he was too informal’, however that’s how he takes his penalties. And earlier than he’s transformed loads of his penalties.
“He is a good penalty taker as a result of he makes use of each his ft. The way in which he was standing you’ll by no means know whether or not he’s going together with his proper or left, or to the left-hand facet or to the precise…
“However the goalkeeper stood, waited for him, regardless that he didn’t get a contact, he went to the precise facet.”
