Cardoso: You can't have that attitude
by Kickoff writer · KickOffMamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso called on his charges to give everything from the first whistle following a 3-1 victory over Marumo Gallants FC on Tuesday evening.
After a dominant start, Sundowns were pegged back to go into the break level and needed a double from substitute Teboho Mokoena to get over the line move to the top of the Betway Premiership table.
It is a welcome victory and maximum points in the hunt for a ninth successive title as the Tshwane giants continue to battle multiple fronts this season.
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“I think you resume it very well, technically not the best game. First half, I was really, really not satisfied. I think we need to understand it’s time to give everything from the first minute, we were a little bit sloppy on the start and then I think we showed not too much respect for the others but for ourselves.” Cardoso told SuperSport TV post-match.
“By not committing with the highest intensity and when thoughts flow your energy. Second half, we changed the attitude, it was not the best game I repeat, but a good fight in the second half. I think we had to take the bull by the horns and in the end quite tasty three points for sure.
“Now, obviously this is a team that doesn’t know how to play without the ball so despite you mind can go one dimension that needs to defend the result which was so difficult to achieve. You cannot have that attitude, we need to defend the way knowing how to play our football."
The game-model of the South African giants has and always been that of keeping a sustained level of possession and needs to be loyal to themselves in this regard to control the controllable.
“Not keeping the ball because we know if we keep the ball, we will find the opponents spaces on the opponent structure and that’s how we can go and score and finish the game so that’s what I was asking. We need to be always loyal ourselves and not go on a dimension we cannot control.