Sundowns news: Why Cardoso kept Komphela and Mweene
Cardoso has publicly revealed reasons behind keeping both Komphela and Mweene in his Sundowns technical team.
Newly-appointed Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has revealed the reason behind keeping both Steve Komphela and Kennedy Mweene.
Cardoso replaced Manqoba Mngqithi who was sacked on Tuesday on the back of Sundowns drawing away to AS FAR.
Sundowns did not only fire Mngqithi but they also got rid of assistant coaches Romain Folz and Wendell Robinson.
What this means is that the 2016 CAF Champions League winning technical team has now been dismantled altogether.
Speaking to the media, Cardoso said he kept both Komphela and Mweene to help the new technical team understand the club and the players better.
Furthermore, Cardoso revealed that the decision to keep both Komphela and Mweene wasn’t imposed on him.
SUNDOWNS COACH CARDOSO ON KOMPHELA AND MWEENE
“I feel very happy with the staff I have, it was a common decision to keep Steve Komphela and Kennedy with us, I need to absorb as quickly as possible, not only their [knowledge] but they can help us with the quality of their work,” Cardoso told reporters.
“Their experience they have, but the fact they are locals, and they can give us the insights we need, it’s the couple of factors that made them be among or with me today, it was a decision we made, not imposed, otherwise I could not speak and say this in front of you.”
“It was my decision to really absorb them because I felt it can be key but not only them, I will also work with all the physical performance department, I will work together with Mathias [Zangenberg] and Sandiso who were already here.”
“I will work with all the analysis departments, so they will also be kept to work with me and the medical department and with all the kit men, all the people in management, I will work with everybody, I am very easy going on relations,” he added.
“I am demanding but it doesn’t mean I don’t smile and I don’t greet, we want to perform, I will develop myself with them and they will develop with me, but I need is an open-minded people because I’m here to help.
“I am one more, not the boss or whatever, it’s not my attitude, I will lead because I will give an example, I will motivate people, I will lead because they will believe in me, and together because I believe in them, I am sure where we will arrive where we want to be.”
WAS THIS A WISE DECISION?
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