PSL promotion more significant - Dondol Stars coach

PSL promotion more significant - Dondol Stars coach

Dondol Stars co-coach Khuliso Rashamuse, whose side has now taken the scalp of two Premier Soccer League clubs in the Nedbank Cup, says seeing the amateur side gain promotion to the professional ranks will be more significant.

The ABC Motsepe League outfit eliminated AmaZulu on Wednesday night at FNB Stadium to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

The first giant-killing act was the shock win over SuperSport United last month, but Rashamuse reiterates where their priority lies. 

"My focus and my worry is the league, we have to get promoted. Now we've created this giant, we are winning left, right and centre. I don't even know what to say to the players, we just have to come to the party and dance," he said.

The Nedbank Cup has produced yet another fairytale story with a third-tier side defeating two topflight clubs.

But Rashamuse did not want to discuss their opponents. 

"I like to keep things simple, I'm a simple person, I don't like complicated. If you come to a football match ready and well structured, you will win that football match. If you remain focused, if you stay in the game then you will win the game and that's what we did," he added.

Stars are the current log leaders in the ABC Motsepe League Gauteng stream, and Rashamuse says they applied the same tactics that win them matches in their division.

"We prep for matches; we spend hours prepping for matches. We go to a training session for that because in the lower leagues it's easy when you get weaker teams, you can capitalise. So, seeing that our tactical strategy worked with our previous Nedbank opponent, why not do it now," he concluded.