AmaZulu head coach Romain Folz strongly believes that his side were the better of the two teams after they secured their progression to the MTN8 final.

Usuthu secured a goalless draw against Kaizer Chiefs in the second leg at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday but went through on the away goal rule after playing out to a 1-1 draw at the FNB Stadium in the first leg.

AmaZulu will now take on Orlando Pirates in the final at the Orlando Stadium, which is scheduled to take place on November 5.

The French coach felt his sides had what it takes to win the game in Durban but was happy with the outcome of the two-legged fixture.

“I think the game, we approached [it] very well,” he told SuperSport TV.

“I don’t think anyone would’ve had anything to say if it’s 2-0 at half-time, with the chances that we’ve had.

“I’m very happy for the boys and I’m very happy for the fans as well. They believed in us and the one thing we didn’t want is to let them down. So we gave them our very best, as I promised before the game – I promised the fans that we’ll go into the finals, we are so we are happy.

“I still think it’s a game we could’ve won. So on the coaching side, yes, we’re we qualified, I’m very happy but it’s a game we should’ve put to bed at half-time.

“I also understand that our physical level very often drops in the middle of the second half. So in that regard the [World Cup] break coming is going to be good for us because we will try to rebuild a little bit our physical engine in order to do both halves like we did the first one today.

“But honestly, I think we were the best team today, we deserve to be in the finals. We’re going to prepare the two league games we have this week as best as we can.

“I allow the boys to celebrate tonight, but only tonight.”

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