Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila coach Dylan Kerr says winning the Nedbank Cup is a great achievement after the club's tough start to the season.
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Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo's first-half strike was enough to hand the Limpopo outfit their first piece of silverware as a top-flight club.
It was a tough start to the season, which began with the MTN8 quarter-finals where they will only able to name three players on the bench.
"Credit to everybody," Kerr told SuperSport TV.
Credit to Vlad and his team. It's a cup final. Ýou've got to dig in deep. We made mistakes in the second half to give them counter-attacks but then we defended like we should do.
"We defended like heroes. Credit to all the players and my staff. Credit to Mpho Maleka and DvD (David Mathebula), they've been brilliant. We've got our just reward and I think the chairman might phone me tonight and say congratulations.
"It's a great achievement for TTM after the season that they've had. The players have been through so many ups and downs, mainly downs, but today they thoroughly deserved it.
"At half-time I said the only way we're gonna lose this game is if we give them too much respect, if we allow them too much time on the ball and the first half I thought we dominated but for some reason we never seem able to make that killer pass. And it's always the wrong pass.
"They battled, kept their heads cool. I'm just so proud of everyone that's involved with Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila.
"At the end of the day the trophy is the one thing that matters. Getting into CAF is the second biggest thing and the prize money it helps the chairman clear a lot of things up that he's been left with.
"The players have got to enjoy tonight but not too much because we've got a very tricky game against SuperSport on Wednesday and we're still not out of danger. We've got to be careful tonight. There'll be some celebrations. But they'll be in bed by 10oclock that's for sure."
Re-live the action from TTM's win over Chippa in the final:
