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Johannesburg - Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana’s lethal striker Katlego Mphela believes that Carlos Alberto Parreira has earned the respect of the players.
This comes after the South African national team walloped both Swaziland and Zimbabwe during a two-week camp that gave the technical team a chance to have a look at the pool of local talent available.
The Brits-born Mphela was an instrumental figure in both games, scoring a brace in the first and working tirelessly in the second, creating scoring opportunities for his team-mates.
He told the Siya crew, “These two games have shown where we are with the preparations. The camp gave the local-based players a chance and many of us took that chance well. Everyone wants to prove that he deserves to be in the World Cup squad. We know we stand a chance of earning contracts with overseas teams if we put on a good showing in the World Cup.”
Singing the praises of Parreira, who seems to have gotten the confidence in the team back, the former SuperSport United marksman said, “He is different from the other coaches we’ve had because he always has a solution.
The other coaches used to shout at us and you wouldn’t know why the coach is shouting at you. Parreira makes things easy.
He solves problems. He has certainly got the respect of the local guys because working under him is fantastic. We want to do everything to die for him and the nation…I mean he’s won the World Cup before with Brazil and that means he’s a great coach.”
This comes after the South African national team walloped both Swaziland and Zimbabwe during a two-week camp that gave the technical team a chance to have a look at the pool of local talent available.
The Brits-born Mphela was an instrumental figure in both games, scoring a brace in the first and working tirelessly in the second, creating scoring opportunities for his team-mates.
He told the Siya crew, “These two games have shown where we are with the preparations. The camp gave the local-based players a chance and many of us took that chance well. Everyone wants to prove that he deserves to be in the World Cup squad. We know we stand a chance of earning contracts with overseas teams if we put on a good showing in the World Cup.”
Singing the praises of Parreira, who seems to have gotten the confidence in the team back, the former SuperSport United marksman said, “He is different from the other coaches we’ve had because he always has a solution.
The other coaches used to shout at us and you wouldn’t know why the coach is shouting at you. Parreira makes things easy.
He solves problems. He has certainly got the respect of the local guys because working under him is fantastic. We want to do everything to die for him and the nation…I mean he’s won the World Cup before with Brazil and that means he’s a great coach.”
