Chippa United interim coach Kurt Lenjites says his saw fear from his players in the opening stages of their loss to Orlando Pirates.
The Chilli Boys missed the chance to move clear of the relegation zone after losing 2-0 to the Buccaneers on Saturday evening.
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Lentjies claims he did not recognise his charges in the first half after their poor start, which they failed to recover from.
"What I saw in the first couple of minutes in the game, I just saw the fear factor. It looks like we were afraid of them and then I don't recognize my team for the first 25 minutes and that makes it difficult and then we concede the goal as well," Lentjies told SuperSport after the game.
"So, now you've got your backs against the ropes and then when you concede the second goal you recognise the team and the fear factor is gone.
"We come out the second half – make two changes and you recognize the team going forward. We almost got ourselves in the game with a header with a good save from Sipho Chaine.
"But you know, it's something we going to have deal with like I said from the performance point of view and how we just look at the second half and what happened today,"
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