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Barker: Stellies have a chance at a top eight finish

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Steve Barker (Gallo Images)
Steve Barker (Gallo Images)

Stellenbosch FC head coach Steve Barker is hoping to sneak into the top eight as he prepares his team to take on league leaders Kaizer Chiefs.

The Cape Winelands outfit have found some form post-lockdown as they beat Golden Arrows and Cape Town City 1-0 to move up to ninth position in the standings.

Now Stellies are preparing to take on Chiefs, who are battling for the PSL title, and Barker has reminded everyone that all the pressure will be on Amakhosi when the two teams clash on Sunday.

"It's going to be a big battle, there are a number of teams in contention and we've got some difficult encounters coming up, starting with Chiefs on Sunday," said Barker, as quoted by KickOff.

"That's not going to be easy for us, obviously they've got their own ambitions I believe, and we've got our own ambitions, so I think [the two wins] gave us a good foundation to go on Sunday.

"We know the pressure is not on us on the weekend, so we've just got to go there and give a good account of ourselves as we have done.

"And we can now open the dream to try and put some pressure on the teams above us and see if we can perhaps sneak into the top eight."

- TEAMtalk media

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