AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martín has revealed why Ben Motshwari was an unused substitution against Polokwane City in the DStv Premiership encounter on Monday.

Usuthu extended their unbeaten run in the league to three matches after they played out to a goalless draw against Rise and Shine at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

AmaZulu now finds themselves in eighth place on the table with 10 points after their first seven games in the DStv Premiership.

Martín explained why midfielder Motshwari was an unused substitute against Polokwane and explained why he was able to field Taariq Fielies in defence.

“His fitness level is inferior to the one that [Taariq] Fielies showed us in the previous training sessions. From there we were planning,” Franco Martin told his club’s official website.

“And I wished I could have given him some game time. Because we really wanted to help him get fitter and fitter. “But we couldn’t because of the situation of the game.

“And we thought it was not the right moment to risk him. Let’s see if in the next game he can get his game time because the same as I said with Fielies he is a player who is going to help us.”

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