AmaZulu head coach Brandon Truter did not agree with the referee's decision to send off Veluyeke Zulu against Kaizer Chiefs.
Usuthu grabbed an important away goal as they drew 1-1 with the Soweto giants in the first leg of their MTN8 semi-final on Sunday.
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Zulu was given his marching orders ten minutes into the second half after picking up his second yellow card, although Truter felt it was a soft decision.
"Ja look they struggled, it's like we lost it, I think it was individual mistake with them getting the goal," Truter told SuperSport after the game.
"We had bodies around the ball at the moment, so to block either the cross to come in and then it went over I think two players closed before they tucked it in.
"So luck was on their side in that regard but we contained them, we played through the press in the first-half, we were so dominant in the first 20 minutes up until the water break.
"And ja one or two times they were behind us and suddenly we were panicking, we were shouting, so the half-time break could not come soon enough.
"And we came out, to lose Zulu, I think it was a soft yellow card, because I saw some of them exactly the same and there was no yellow, but certain people when they are around in games like this and it's always a spectacle. But it sets it up for a good second leg, we'll take the away goal home, we'll finish it in Durban.
"We were ten-man for over 30 minutes, so we can't open up and give them the lead, we can't play the way the opponent wants to play.
"Look, we'll protect what we have, we'll take the away goal to Durban and we'll settle it there."
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