CAPE TOWN CITY
Benni is ready for new world of coaching
The former Bafana Bafana striker says he will draw on the experience of being an assistant coach in Belgium
Benni McCarthy will start his new life as head coach of Cape Town City when he reports for duty on Thursday. The former Bafana Bafana striker says he will draw on the experience of being an assistant in Belgium in 2015-16‚ a job that solidified in his own mind that he wanted to stay in football. McCarthy worked under Cape Town-raised head coach Chris O’Loughlin at Sint Truiden‚ the current club of South African striker Kurt Abrahams. He says that experience opened his eyes as to what was required from the head of a technical team. The pair ensured that newly promoted Sint Truiden kept their top-flight status‚ though their contracts were not renewed. O’Loughlin is now a first team coach at English-side Charlton Athletic. "It was probably the best thing I could have done because it prepared me for what I am about to face‚" McCarthy says of his time in Belgium. "I got to face the things that football players don’t get to see: the hard work‚ the tactical analysis‚ having to analyse game...
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