MONTPELLIER
Change of coach helped me in France, says Keagan Dolly
The change of coach as he arrived that might have resulted in uncertainty‚ actually helped speed the process for Keagan Dolly of breaking into the first team at Montpellier‚ the Bafana Bafana attacker has said. Dolly returned to SA for the first time last week since his transfer in late January from Mamelodi Sundowns to Ligue 1 to earn himself a man-of-the-match award in Bafana’s 3-1 friendly win against Guinea-Bissau in Durban on Saturday. He came off the bench in Tuesday night’s second match against Angola in East London, but could not help South Africa to more than a 0-0 draw. Dolly’s first two months in France have gone well for the player personally‚ even though Montpellier’s fortunes have not improved since Jean-Louis Gasset replaced Frederic Hantz as coach days after the Bafana player signed. Dolly has played seven matches — four starting and three as a substitute — out of the eight played by his club since his arrival. Montpellier won two of the games Dolly featured in‚ drew...
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