Arrows Coach: It Looked Scary, But We Survi…

Photo Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images

Golden Arrows head coach Pitso Dladla praised his side for surviving Mamelodi Sundowns’ pressure during their 1-0 win in the MTN8 semi-final first leg.

Arrows took the lead through Sede Dion’s first goal of the season in the first half and managed to hold on for the rest of the encounter.

to work together as a group during times where they should suffer, they suffer together. But look one can’t really divulge we’re playing Mamelodi Sundowns football club three weekends in a row. But credit goes to the players,” Dladla told SuperSport after the match.

Read: Cardoso’s Changes Backfire As Downs Fall To Arrows

On applying the transitions effectively during all phases, it was a planned situation but there were moments when the team could’ve better set it out though the work on this model continues.

“We planned for those transitions, but I believe we could’ve done better we still going to work on them, and another thing is we should be clear whether it’s a transition or we should possess the possession more. But I think we did that well.

“I believe we could’ve gotten another goal or two from those transitions, but we will work on them properly.”

Dladla singled out the players’ mentality to see out the encounter, even though he was not happy with defending deep all game.

“Yes, the concentration is high from our players, we simulate our situations that put our defence under pressure so that when we got to the game it’s not something new and we should also be honest that we defended too deep.

“We did not like that, but there were times it looked scary but we survived. The heart, the heart from the players,” Dladla said.

Related tags