Durban City captain Siphamandla Ncanana on their debut season: It has been a very impressive debut season for us and we exceeded our own expectations

Siphamandla Ncanana is in disbelief on how Durban City’s has turned out to be after gaining promotion from the National First Division.

The Kwa-Zulu Natal club gained promotion to the elite division at the start of the current season and expectation is usually that such a team would struggle to cope with demands of the PSL.

But it has not been like that for the Pitso Dladla-coached side.

They reached the quarterfinals of the Carling Knockout Cup, they are in the top eight and they are also in the Nedbank Cup semi-finals.

This weekend they face Casric Stars at Chatsworth Stadium to attempt at reaching their maiden Cup final in local football.

“It’s really shocking us, but as much as it has shocked us, I think it’s our job to put ourselves where we are, and it’s only us that will determine where we end up,” Ncanana told the media.

“We mustn’t be comfortable as players; we must know that anything can happen at any given moment. Just because we’re sitting in fifth place, there are a lot of games left.

“We might find ourselves at the bottom because when you look at the gap, there’s not that much difference. We must be out of our comfort zone and continue fighting.”

The game starts at 3pm tomorrow.