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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson says Luke Fleurs would have been \u201csomebody in Chiefs’ defence in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n

Johnson said the squad had a lot to deal with last week with the news of Fleurs\u2019s murder in a hijacking in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The coach was asked after Amakhosi sagged to a second DStv Premiership defeat in succession against Chippa United (2-0) in East London on Saturday how his squad coped with the devastating news.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mood has been up and down for the past few days,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn one moment you find out one of your players, one of my children, is gone; in the next you have to say your condolences to the family and in the next you\u2019ve got to come to the players and discuss what their feelings are.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s up and down. Yesterday, [on Friday] before we came here, we had to spend time with the family and talk to them. We did that to clear the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn saying that, the players did look like they came through that. But I\u2019m not a psychologist.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a football perspective I can only say today\u2019s performance [against Chippa] and the effort was what Luke would have liked it to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chiefs created 18 chances but were let down by finishing against Chippa.<\/p>\n

Fleurs, a South Africa U-17 and U-23 international who represented the country for David Notoane\u2019s Olympic team that took part in the Covid-19-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021, joined Chiefs in October after being released by SuperSport United in September.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old had not played for Amakhosi but was nearing a debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuke and myself were together for the same amount of time at Kaizer Chiefs. When I became the head coach he became my Chiefs player.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew him from the Olympics and when I met him [at Chiefs] and saw what type of player he was, he was a very good player.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was waiting in the back to play his first game and he didn\u2019t have the time. But I appreciate the time we spent together on the training field and in camp. What a nice person, what a nice player.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd again, I want to say from the club and from myself, my biggest condolences to the family. And to the football fraternity, we lost a player who would have been somebody in Kaizer Chiefs’ defence in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chiefs are out of the Nedbank Cup so are not involved in this week’s quarterfinals. Their next match is against Richards Bay FC at King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban on April 20.<\/p>\n

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