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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CAPE TOWN – The fairytale finish to the DStv Premiership that Amazulu so desperately crave seems to be slipping out of their grasp with every Mamelodi Sundowns victory, but coach Benni McCarthy has stressed his charges will fight to the very end.<\/p>\n

Having been on top of the table for a brief period just last week, Usuthu now trail Sundowns by seven points with just four matches remaining in the campaign. It is going to be a near miracle for AmaZulu to haul in the Brazilians, with the KwaZulu-Natal team requiring other teams to do them a couple of favours.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: AmaZulu eye Champions League, Orlando Pirates need a place in Africa to restore pride<\/p>\n

But having gone 16 games unbeaten in the league, McCarthy simply wants his to carry on the momentum in the clash against Baroka FC at the King Zwelithini Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the quality that we have we can compete against anyone and we\u2019ll take it game by game and we\u2019ll work towards that [winning the remaining four matches]\u201a\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOurs is about bettering ourselves as a team and you could see in the matches that we\u2019ve played that it was always about AmaZulu. We didn\u2019t care about the opposition that we were playing against. We just prepared well for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Manqoba Mngqithi is not focusing on the end result yet, wants Mamelodi Sundowns present in title fight<\/p>\n

For a team that has previously been perennial relegation candidates it has been an unbelievable transformation, which was kickstarted with the arrival of McCarthy in December.<\/p>\n

Captain Tapelo Xoki certainly believes the former Bafana Bafana striker\u2019s training methods is the reason behind the team\u2019s new-found success.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach Benni wants hard working players, he wants us to be dedicated in what we do, so he makes sure that everyday, we work hard. No-one is slacking and that pushes us a lot\u201d, Xoki said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur training sessions are different, very competitive, its like official games and that prepares us very well. We just keep the same attitude. We have good competition and that pushes us to not slack because we know everyone is capable of doing it for the team.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: The party is over for Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila who now have to focus on league survival<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that once you get into the starting line-up you can\u2019t mess up because if you do, you will lose your position. It\u2019s very competitive in this team,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Two players that have certainly grown under McCarthy\u2019s mentorship are midfielders Luvuyo Memela and Augustine Mulenga. Mamela is the joint-top scorer for the Usuthu, benefitting from Malenga\u2019s creativity with the Zambian international leading the charts in terms of assists.<\/p>\n

@ZaahierAdams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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