SOWETO DERBY
Confidence key for Bucs
New Orlando Pirates coach Kjell Jonevret needs to instill confidence in his team‚ as the Soweto derby against Kaizer Chiefs looms on Saturday
The confidence of his players and identifying his best combinations are the tasks new Orlando Pirates coach Kjell Jonevret has identified as his immediate priorities‚ as the Soweto derby against Kaizer Chiefs looms on Saturday. Jonevret — a big‚ calm Swede with a genial but authoritative manner — was the surprise choice Pirates brought in as coach to rescue 2016-17 from being a write-off. His first match on the bench at a soaked Orlando Stadium on Saturday for a 1-1 Premiership draw against Polokwane City‚ showed Jonevret that he has much work to do. Bucs have one of the top three squads in the country with Mamelodi Sundowns and Wits‚ so their league position of 10th and run of 10 games without a win have been a spectacular underachievement. Any team to have underperformed to that extent must be low on confidence. Jonevret — on a crash course not just on his player-heavy, but talented squad‚ but also SA football‚ having not coached outside Scandinavia — said confidence and getting t...
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