Mamelodi Sundowns want buckets of goals at Zimbabwe's Chicken Inn

12 February 2016 - 03:04 By Tshepang Mailwane and Tiyani wa ka Mabasa

If Zimbabwean club Chicken Inn have been keeping a close eye on South African football lately, they'll know who to watch when they host Mamelodi Sundowns in the CAF Champions League at Luveve Stadium tomorrow. A man they should know very well, Khama Billiat, is giving defenders sleepless nights and he'll show no mercy to his compatriots as Downs look to get their continental campaign off to a good start.Billiat, who bagged his eighth league goal against Orlando Pirates on Wednesday, says he will have to put his emotions aside and get the job done when he returns to his home country.He is in devastating form right now, and as if he wasn't enough to deal with, the Chicken Inn defenders have to tame Leonardo Castro and Keagan Dolly as well."We had to take care of the Pirates game first and then we prepared for Chicken Inn," said Billiat, 25."It's my home country team and I am trying to put my mind in the right place because I do not want to be emotional."I want to play for the team and give the performances I usually do. We will stick to our game and I know we stand a chance ."Coach Pitso Mosimane has seemingly done his homework, as he demonstrated by naming Chicken Inn's regular starting 11 and their recent achievements.Mosimane said their weird name meant nothing in the greater scheme of things."Chicken Inn? Most people hear the name Chicken Inn and they think it will be a walk in the park. It is not like that. They have that name because they are owned by a fast-food franchise."It is not an old team, but it is a very good team. It is a team that has stopped the four-year reign of the powerful Dynamos and they won the league convincingly."They went to the cup final, but lost to Highlanders," he pointed out.Chicken Inn head coach Joey Antipas said his charges, who are nicknamed the "Gamecocks", have not played much competitive football recently."Truth be told, it is going to be one hell of a fixture," Antipas told Zimbabwe's Chronicle...

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