Kaizer Chiefs Coach Blames Red Card For Champions League Defeat

KAIZER Chiefs head coach Stuart Baxter was left to rue the sending off as his side suffered a heavy defeat in the CAF Champions League final.

Going into the game, Kaizer Chiefs were regarded as underdogs against Al Ahly, but their chances became even slimmer following Happy Mashiane’s red card.

Just seconds before the half-time whistle Mashiane took Akram Tawfik’s legs out with a slide tackle, which he initially received a yellow card for, before the referee upgraded it to red after consulting the VAR.

And Baxter, whose first game in charge of the Chiefs came against Al Ahly, believes that the incident had a huge impact on the final result.

“I thought with the challenges that we’ve had building up to the final, the players did really well,” Baxter told the reporters as per IdiskiTimes.

“The opening of the game, we pressed high, but al Ahly were