One of the major talking points from SuperSport United’s embarrassing 2-1 Nedbank Cup last 32 defeat to amateur side Dondol Stars was coach Gavin Hunt’s decision to play Thamsanqa Gabuza at centre-back.
Hunt bucked the trend with Gabuza, who had a good game in unfamiliar territory, in the heart of the United defence, but Dondol co-coach Vincent Rammoni said they didn’t plan around the former Bafana Bafana striker.
“But the one thing we knew was they are using defenders who are very slow in reaction. The aim was to make as many forward runs as possible on the outside, between the defenders rather than the right-back or right centre-back or left-back or centre-back. “We also wanted to bring the line higher to create enough space between our defence. That was the plan, it was not mainly because Gabuza there or anybody.”
“We gave people chances, obviously we had players under different circumstances, but we had players out there who were good enough to win the game and they were given a chance.
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