Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane says he was impressed by the football Cape Town Town City produced in the MTN8 semi-final first leg at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, writes DYLAN APPOLIS.
Taariq Fielies scored the only goal of the game as the Brazilians succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Citizens, but they will have it all to play for in the return leg at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on 2 September.
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The former Bafana Bafana mentor was given the chance to show his side’s depth and quality after he made nine changes to the side that played to a goalless draw with Highlands Park on Wednesday.
Mosimane was full of praise for Benni McCarthy following his side’s performance to keep Sundowns at bay for the full 90 minutes, declaring ‘that’s how football should be played’.
‘What a good game of football hey. That’s how football should be played. When you’re sitting at home you must see the passing game,’ Mosimane told SuperSport TV after the game.
‘I think we should give credit to Benni [McCarthy] as he has done well. A good brand of football, not to win at all costs. It’s beautiful. It’s good for our country to see young coaches coming up and play like this,’ Mosimane said.
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The 54-year-old coach also added that new signing Mosa Lebusa is still in the process of learning what it feels like to play at a ‘high level’ after his error lead to Fielies’ goal.
‘But I’m not unhappy with my team. I think they came here to play. I’m okay with that. There’s only one big mistake we did hey. You can never ever leave [Taariq] Fielies free on a corner kick hey. But Mosa Lebusa is paying school fees. Welcome to the high level hey… without that ball, there are no issues. We created chances.’
‘We hit the post here and there but I’m happy to see the Anthony [Laffor] goal hey. That’s an interesting one but Phillip Tinyani did well as the referee. He managed the game well,’ he concluded.
