Gavin Hunt shifts focus to Betway Premiership after Stellies CAF exit

Stellies played out a goalless draw against Tanzania’s Singida Black Stars at Cape Town Stadium on Sunday evening, which saw them end bottom of Group C on five points from six matches.

The Cape Winelands team are currently 13th in the Premiership and Hunt stressed that their most important game now is their league test against Magesi on Wednesday. 

"In our situation, the next game is the most important game – we can't prioritise [CAF], we're not – last year could a little bit because they were well up in the league," said Hunt.

"They did so well last year, Stellenbosch, with Steve [Barker] and them, and so in the Confed Cup they could really have a go there, and they did because they were well safe.

"We're not safe – Chippa [United] have won three in a row now so they moved from bottom to above us, and the problem is people can look at it we have games in hand, but games in hand mean nothing; points in hand is better. Wednesday is a huge game for us."

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Stellies finished yesterday’s game with 10 shots but struggled to find the back of the net, with the 61-year-old mentor admitting their biggest downfall has been their failure to convert their chances. 

"I thought we were better than that, I thought we had a lot of opportunities and we didn't take them, and obviously we opened up a little bit in the second half where they got through there," he added.

"But I thought we could have won that game, even with 10 men. I don't want to say too much about the red card – it was a good header, [Tiwani] won the header and bumped into the guy's shoulder, but he held his head.

"Never a red card, but that's my opinion, it was right in front of me. And that set us back a little bit, but in saying that we still had two or three good chances going through them. 

"In the one, Ashley [Cupido] flicked it past the post, and the other he ran through [on goal] and should have scored."