This after he played out of his socks when Chiefs played out an entertaining 2-2 draw against Jomo Cosmos in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening - at one stage in the game Cosmos were leading by two goals.

KaizerChiefs.com caught up with Siyabonga on Thursday and spoke to the player now brimming with confidence as he prepares to sparkle when Chiefs meet Ajax Cape Town in Kimberley on Sunday afternoon.

KC.COM: What a game that was against Cosmos, it was a really open and action packed game…

Siyabonga Nkosi: It really was and I enjoyed participating in the game, as I bet the supporters enjoyed watching the game. You don’t like to make your work hard in a game but we went down early on and we had to fight, we did not want to let our fans down. So as a result we kept on attacking and Cosmos could not sit back and just absorb the pressure, they came out of their shells and it resulted in the game being nothing like we expected it to be.

KC.COM: Personally you were looking to put the disappointment of the weekend behind you and you went some way in doing that with a wonderful performance against Cosmos...

SN: I maintain one thing and that is that no one player has a bad game and we are a team so if I am having a bad game then it will rub off on to some of the other guys, therefore against Benoni it suffices to say that as a team our performance was disappointing.

As a team we fought back well against Cosmos and got back into a game where we were written off after 20 minutes. Everyone rallied together and we all played our part. The midfielders were more involved in the game especially in the latter part of the first half and the entire second half, which helped us pick out Shaun in space and generally we were able to create many openings for the front men. To be able to break down the defence of a team like Cosmos is really an achievement.

KC.COM: Your focus changes from Cosmos to Ajax Cape Town who like Chiefs are yet to win a game. How is the team’s preparation for the match progressing?

SN: Ajax have been very cautious from what I have seen so far and they were unfortunate not to have come away with victory in their first game against Benoni Premier United as they conceded a last minute goal. They are a team in transition after parting ways with Gordon Igesund. They brought in Muhsin Ertugral two very different types of coaches. With regards to our preparations it’s going as good as it could be, obviously we had a very tiring game against Jomo Cosmos on Wednesday and it took a lot out of us, but we were on the training ground on Thursday morning busy preparing for Ajax.

KC.COM. Does the fact that the game is in Kimberley hold any advantages or disadvantages for Chiefs?

SN: There are some advantages and that is that no matter where we play we have good support, our supporters in the Northern Cape will be out in force because this is a very rare opportunity for them, as we do not play in towns like Kimberly very often. People will want to come to the stadium to watch the game live, the atmosphere in the ground should be really good. The stadium down there is compact and the spectators a very close to the field and I am sure we will have a full house on Sunday, which will really make things interesting.

KC.COM: What could be the down side of playing in Kimberly?

SN: The negative factors could be the fact that we have to make a six-hour bus journey to Kimberly and maybe the heat. Apart from that we will have no problem going to the Northern Cape for this game. One needs to be ready to play matches in all conditions around the country and playing in different towns is always enjoyable.

KC.COM: With the way the team played against Cosmos and in particular the fight they gave in rallying back from two goals down. Does that demonstrate that the team has turned the corner?

SN: Like I said earlier we need to collectively as the coach always says play as a compact unit, if we play like we did for seventy minutes against Cosmos for ninety minutes in all our games then we have turned the corner. It is not a fact of trying to get something out of a game when you are two goals down; we need to ensure that in the first instance we prevent the opposition from scoring at all.