It is more of a headache now than any battle with nerves for rookie coach Benni McCarthy as he prepares his Cape Town City team to take on SuperSport United in Saturday’s MTN8 final at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban. Much more of an anxiety for the former Bafana Bafana star is not the prospect of his first final as a coach, but rather who to pick and who to leave out. "I have already been having headaches now in the last couple of days because we’ve got more than 18‚" McCarthy said at City’s prefinal media conference in Cape Town. "And so‚ to just even select the 18 for this final is a problem and some people are going to be disappointed. It’s rightfully so. "I’m having difficulty choosing 18 players‚ let alone the 11 players who deserve to go on that pitch‚ who deserve to wear that shirt and fight for their teammates‚ the fans and the club owners," he said. "Hopefully come Friday I’m able to make good and positive decisions. The players have stepped up the intensity quite a lo...
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