Sundowns coach feels unappreciated
Mamelodi Sundowns title-winning coach Rulani Mokoena says his side have not been given enough appreciation for their achievement of a sixth successive DStv Premiership title.
The Brazilians were crowned league champions for 2022-23 on Saturday without kicking a ball when SuperSport United drew at Chippa United, leaving Sundowns in an unassailable 19-point lead.
“Maybe we are victims of our own success,” Mokoena, whose side made sure of the top place in their African Champions League group by beating Cameroon’s Coton Sport 2-1 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, said.
“People undermined the difficulties of winning the Premier League. A league title is the hardest in any country to win. Because you've got to play against 15 opponents both home and away. And the competition lasts eight, nine months.”
Sundowns won the title with seven matches still to play in the fastest success yet.
“When people start to think it looks easy, that's actually when it’s the most difficult. And even though people may not think it’s difficult to have that level of consistency and to deliver win after win without getting tired, it's not easy. Because what normally happens, and this is normal with human beings, is that there's an element of complacency that easily creeps in.
“From a mental perspective, it's extremely difficult. And so that's why I always say in my press conferences that not a lot of appreciation is given to this group for what they've done this season,” he said.
The Brazilians were crowned league champions for 2022-23 on Saturday without kicking a ball when SuperSport United drew at Chippa United, leaving Sundowns in an unassailable 19-point lead.
“Maybe we are victims of our own success,” Mokoena, whose side made sure of the top place in their African Champions League group by beating Cameroon’s Coton Sport 2-1 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, said.
“People undermined the difficulties of winning the Premier League. A league title is the hardest in any country to win. Because you've got to play against 15 opponents both home and away. And the competition lasts eight, nine months.”
Sundowns won the title with seven matches still to play in the fastest success yet.
“When people start to think it looks easy, that's actually when it’s the most difficult. And even though people may not think it’s difficult to have that level of consistency and to deliver win after win without getting tired, it's not easy. Because what normally happens, and this is normal with human beings, is that there's an element of complacency that easily creeps in.
“From a mental perspective, it's extremely difficult. And so that's why I always say in my press conferences that not a lot of appreciation is given to this group for what they've done this season,” he said.
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