Antonio Lopez-Habas taking one game at a time
Lopez-Habas taking one game at a time
Posted: 2010-08-29 21:14
While Mamelodi Sundowns fans are expecting lot from the club after their trophy cabinet gathered dust last season, their coach Antonio Lopez-Habas prefers to keep his ambitions at Chloorkop this season close to his chest.
Lopez-Habas collected his first three points as coach since taking over from Hristo Stoitchkov when Sundowns beat Moroka Swallows 2-0 in their League match at Super Stadium on Saturday night.
Speaking to KickOff.com, the Spanish-born coach says his main thoughts after beating the Dube Birds are on winning their next match rather than thinking about winning the League.
"I can't talk of winning the League now; my only main ambition now is to win the next match. It is still a long way to go before someone can talk about winning the League. I am just happy that we won."
Lopez-Habas praised his players for what he termed as a gallant performance against their visitors in Atteridgeville.
"In the first-half, Swallows made our job difficult but we improved in the second-half. I was happy with the way the players followed my instructions and I think the introduction of Surprise Moriri did us wonders as that changed the whole complexion of the game."
Swallows coach Rainer Zobel put the blame on his players' final passes upfront as their main undoing at the Super Stadium yesterday.
"In the first-half, we played well; our defence was very disciplined but things didn't go well when it came to the counter attacking.
"Our midfield decided to stay more in defence instead of attacking and I think our final passes upfront were not up to scratch. However, all is not lost; hopefully by the next match my players will understand how I want us to play this season," he adds.
: 2010-08-29 21:20
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