The French-born coach inherits a side that finished third last season and boasted the league’s second-best defence, conceding just 19 goals under co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef.
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Kruger arrive full of confidence after topping the promotion play-offs, and there’s an added twist: Chiefs goalkeeper Fiacre Ntwari is on loan at Kruger with no parent-club restriction, meaning he could face his own team.
History leans firmly towards the visitors, who have won 17 of their 30 PSL opening fixtures and are chasing a third straight opening-day win.
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A composed, low-scoring Chiefs victory looks the most likely outcome as Da Cruz’s reign gets under way.
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