Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi says he will not be surprised if Kaizer Chiefs counterpart Stuart Baxter plays his trademark transition game in Sunday’s MTN8 quarterfinal, but added he is not sure how Samir Nurkovic can fit into that style.
Mamelodi Sundowns co-coaches Rulani Mokwena, Manqoba Mngqithi and Steve Komphela during a press conference at Hyundai Mams Mall Store in Pretoria on June 8 2021.Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi says he will not be surprised if Kaizer Chiefs counterpart Stuart Baxter plays his trademark transition game in Sunday’s MTN8 quarterfinal, but added he is not sure how Samir Nurković can fit into that style.
Former Bafana Bafana coach Baxter has already gone on record ahead of the new season defending transition and counterattacking football as part of the modern game. “I was hoping you were not going to ask that question because I am feeling, based on the talk he [Baxter] has made in the media, that he’s also coming out guns blazing,” Mngqithi said in the pre-match press conference, asked about Baxter’s transition football and how he expects Chiefs to take shape.The Downs coach continued: “The transitional and the counterattacking game means you are not making a lot of initiatives to take the game to yourself.
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