Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs number one Itumeleng Khune admits that the players struggled to understand former coach Steve Komphela’s tactics.

The Soweto giants confirmed the appointment of former Free State Stars coach Giovanni Solinas, following an unfruitful spell under former coach Komphela.

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Khune highlighted the need for Chiefs to start winning trophies, in addition to speaking about new coach Solinas’ tactics.

‘He [Giovanni] told us his philosophy and how he wants us to play on and off the ball‚’ Khune told Sowetan Live.

‘We struggled a bit under coach Steve because a lot of us couldn’t adjust to what he wanted from us as players,’ he added.

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Amakhosi hired the Italian manager with two weeks left until the start of the 2018-19 season.

‘We have to go back to winning trophies.

‘That is our culture. We as players told ourselves that we do not want to be remembered as the generation that broke the record of not winning trophies,’ he concluded.

Solinas was in the stands over the weekend when Chiefs clinched the Bokone Bophirima Maize Cup in Orkney.

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