Several PSL clubs eyeing Manqoba Mngqithi
Manqoba Mngqithi’s exit from Mamelodi Sundowns has a few PSL clubs monitoring the situation. Where should he go?
Following Manqoba Mngqithi’s surprise sacking from reigning PSL Champions Mamelodi Sundowns, the 53-year-old is a wanted man.
According to reports, Richards Bay FC and Mngqithi’s former club, Golden Arrows, are the most serious about hiring him; however, whether he will be open to joining a struggling PSL club is yet to be confirmed.
Sundowns new man
Following Mnqithi’s firing, Mamelodi Sundowns hired Portuguese coach Miguel Cardosa, who shared how he wants the Brazilians to operate, saying, “We have to study the team and the players and it’s obvious that the players we have are technically well developed.
“They suit the game of a coach that wants to impose himself on the game. Because that’s the base – to have quality players. I struggled to impose myself where the quality could not sustain what I wanted to put in,” the Portuguese coach added.
“I want a team that can control the games. Controlling the games means the team must be solid in the four moments of the game. Must understand very well what to do with the ball, obviously, but as I have in mind, you have to have the ball to move, not the ball but the opponent in order to find the right spaces to attack those spaces.
“When teams play against Sundowns, we really need to understand this question of the spaces. Where are the spaces? How we can create, how we should utilize and use the spaces that are in the game. So, having control of the game also has to do with being aggressive in the moment you lose the ball because as much as you control the game, there is a moment where you are going to lose the ball and you need to be strong in that moment. I think it’s a huge solidarity aming the players, I prefer the players to tun for three or four seconds and make an effort to recover the ball immediately, rather than coming down, reorganize and defend to win the ball and then having to go forward again.”
What PSL club should he go to (if any)?
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