Former Kaizer Chiefs head coach Molefi Ntseki had revealed why they were without goalkeeper Brandon Petersen, forward Ashley Du Preez and defender Sifiso Hlanti in their loss to AmaZulu FC in the Carling Knockout.
The Glamour Boys suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Usuthu in the first round of the tournament, with goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune in goal, who has not been a regular.
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Amakhosi were also without key striker Ashley Du Preez, as Ranga Chivaviro led the front line while Edmilson Dove started at left-back but got injured in the first stanza, where Chiefs were forced to play Reeve Frosler at left-back.
Ntseki had stated that Petersen and Hlanti did not recover from injuries sustained before the FIFA break in time to feature against the KwaZulu-Natal side while Du Preez got injured during their preparations ahead of the match against Pablo Franco Martin's charges.
"In the last game we played against Cape Town City, Hlanti was injured before that game and he was actually going to return to training in terms of the preparation going into that game," Ntseki said in a press conference.
"George (Matlou) and Petersen they got injured a day before we played Cape Town City, so George managed to recover in time to be available for selection. But for Petersen he's still going through a return to training.
"Unfortunately for Ashley Du Preez he got injured a day before we came in (AmaZulu), so those are the injuries we sustained. But we have quality players, we have to regroup and come up with a plan in terms of giving other players a chance," he said.
"We saw Ranga starting, (Jasond) Gonzalez coming, the club has got players that were brought to help whenever there are situations like that one of injuries," he added.
Chiefs will be next in action when they return to the Premiership on Saturday afternoon away to Golden Arrows.
On Monday afternoon, Amakhosi confirmed that Cavin Johnson is the new head coach of the club, taking over on an interim basis. Ntseki was relieved of his duties while Zwane has moved back into the development structures.
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