Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has shared his insights on the competitive landscape of the Betway Premiership, comparing it with his experiences in leagues like Tunisia and Ukraine.
Cardoso described the Betway Premiership as a highly competitive and demanding league, acknowledging a noticeable difference in intensity compared to his previous coaching experiences in leagues such as Tunisia, Ukraine, and others.
He also coached at FC Porto, Braga, Deportivo La Coruna, Celta Vigo, AEK Athens, Nanyes, and Shakhtar Donetsk.
WHAT CARDOSO SAID ABOUT BETWAY PREMIERSHIP
“The league is obviously a tough league, the physical level in matches is very high. We have data that if I compare to the previous places where I was, there is high intensity. The way players win matches is highly incredible, that’s the major difference,” said Cardoso.
“But it’s important that we have the capacity to give an asset to that because also those actions are the ones that make differences in matches. If we can sustain them in the parts of the game where the other team is more tired to cope with the style of game like we saw today [against Richards Bay].
“We saw the last two ones that we played, also AmaZulu it’s the same styles. A lot of runs back, it’s quite difficult to have a team travelling together on the pitch. We go up together, we come up together, sometimes we are going up, the ball is coming here so we have to come back and it separates the team to be connected and organised.
“Sometimes we need to organise ourselves at the back so that we can go together in front. Tough competition, very exciting in terms of management on my part.
“Competition is there, we have to focus on us, in the right moments because certainly, the decisive moments will arrive, on those moments we have to be positive and be ready for it.”
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