Chippa United coach Teboho Moloi says his sleepless nights are over for now after registering his first victory over Cape Town City at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium at the weekend.
Moloi said he could now sleep properly and will start preparing for the next game against Mamelodi Sundowns in high spirits.
“Tonight I just want to sleep, because I think it’s been about four weeks now since I last slept properly,” said Moloi after 2-1 win over Cape Town City on Sunday.
“This game was exactly what happened against Maritzburg, the players were afraid sometimes to go beyond their role and understanding of their positions in the field of play. But sometimes as a player you need to bring your individual brilliance into the tactical awareness that you wanted to apply.”
Moloi said he told his players during halftime to confront Benni McCarthy’s City players and deal with consequences later.
“I told them that there’s 11 of them in the field 11 of us, so let’s go one on one – if they beat you they go and score we’ll understand.
“But let’s do something to show that we understand what is my role as a player and what is my position and what it is that is in front of me – I’m dealing with this man.”
He said they should forget the system and play to their strength.
“I think that’s what turned the game around. Because they didn’t have anyone in the second half to play, because Teko was giving us a lot of problems, Nodada was giving us a lot of problems including Lakay and they started to go one on one and everything went according to our plans.”
The disappointed McCarthy said it was a tough game even though they were dominant in the first half. The former Ajax Amsterdam striker added that his players needed to stand up and be counted when it came to taking responsibility for the disappointing result.
“You think you get through to players because all I said to them in the second half was not to get tucked in like they did 10 minutes before the first half ended. They still ride the wave, they gonna throw bodies at us they gonna come at us – but just play our usual game.
“It’s frustrating and I think that now as a coach you have to be a little bit responsible but I think the senior players need a wakeup call sometimes.
“These were two stupid silly goals that we usually wouldn’t concede and then we concede and then we can’t get back into it.”
He said the result was a massive disappointment for him.
“What can you do if your team doesn’t pitch up. Senior players need to take responsibility because they are not kids anymore. They know football is a game of two halves – you can’t just play one half and not pitch up and I’m tired of always making excuses.”
McCarthy said in order to find ways to get the club back to their competitive ways he would use the rest of the week consulting with the players so he could get to the bottom of the problem.
“I’m not gonna worry about training because I think the team is fit in general. But there’s some elements missing.
“We lost our spark, we lost that desire we had in the first eight games of the season and after the final I don’t know what happened. Everything is just crumbling – maybe it’s not getting over losing that final where we should have won, but I’ll have to find out.”
Moloi a happy man, but Benni finds it hard to swallow
Moloi said he could now sleep properly and will start preparing for the next game against Mamelodi Sundowns in high spirits.
“Tonight I just want to sleep, because I think it’s been about four weeks now since I last slept properly,” said Moloi after 2-1 win over Cape Town City on Sunday.
“This game was exactly what happened against Maritzburg, the players were afraid sometimes to go beyond their role and understanding of their positions in the field of play. But sometimes as a player you need to bring your individual brilliance into the tactical awareness that you wanted to apply.”
Moloi said he told his players during halftime to confront Benni McCarthy’s City players and deal with consequences later.
“I told them that there’s 11 of them in the field 11 of us, so let’s go one on one – if they beat you they go and score we’ll understand.
“But let’s do something to show that we understand what is my role as a player and what is my position and what it is that is in front of me – I’m dealing with this man.”
He said they should forget the system and play to their strength.
“I think that’s what turned the game around. Because they didn’t have anyone in the second half to play, because Teko was giving us a lot of problems, Nodada was giving us a lot of problems including Lakay and they started to go one on one and everything went according to our plans.”
The disappointed McCarthy said it was a tough game even though they were dominant in the first half. The former Ajax Amsterdam striker added that his players needed to stand up and be counted when it came to taking responsibility for the disappointing result.
“You think you get through to players because all I said to them in the second half was not to get tucked in like they did 10 minutes before the first half ended. They still ride the wave, they gonna throw bodies at us they gonna come at us – but just play our usual game.
“It’s frustrating and I think that now as a coach you have to be a little bit responsible but I think the senior players need a wakeup call sometimes.
“These were two stupid silly goals that we usually wouldn’t concede and then we concede and then we can’t get back into it.”
He said the result was a massive disappointment for him.
“What can you do if your team doesn’t pitch up. Senior players need to take responsibility because they are not kids anymore. They know football is a game of two halves – you can’t just play one half and not pitch up and I’m tired of always making excuses.”
McCarthy said in order to find ways to get the club back to their competitive ways he would use the rest of the week consulting with the players so he could get to the bottom of the problem.
“I’m not gonna worry about training because I think the team is fit in general. But there’s some elements missing.
“We lost our spark, we lost that desire we had in the first eight games of the season and after the final I don’t know what happened. Everything is just crumbling – maybe it’s not getting over losing that final where we should have won, but I’ll have to find out.”
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