CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has played down his team’s troubled week, which saw them losing two matches, both in the Independence Trophy tournament, in a space of just three days.

The Green Machine were beaten 1-0 by Dynamos in the Independence Trophy semi-final on Sunday, before losing to FC Platinum by a similar scoreline in the tournament’s third and fourth place play-off two days later.

The two defeats were the league champions’ first in the eight competitive matches they have played across all competitions so far this season.

“We set our targets for the Champions League as well as the domestic league, and not necessarily in these invitational tournaments. Winning league games as well as a good run in the Champions League is where our focus and targets lie,” he said at the team’s weekly Press conference.