PIRATES COACH
Coach Sredojevic blames SA strikers’ ‘mental block’
Orlando Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic has travelled the planet but never seen soccer players so incapable of scoring goals as in SA. Speaking after his team’s goalless draw against Golden Arrows — leaving their tally on eight goals from 11 league matches — Sredojevic said the problem was psychological. "From what I can see‚ there is no problem with our football‚ but it’s a mental block to put that ball in the net‚" he said. "I have been in 138 countries in the world‚ and I have never seen this in my life‚" the Serbian coach said after another frustrating evening. Thabo Qalinge missed a good first-half chance after dribbling through the opposing defence and Thabo Matlaba and Justice Chabalala should have scored after the break. Sredojevic said Pirates tried four different attacking approaches in the match‚ but had been unable to break down a stubborn Arrows defence. "It was like tapping away at a rock. But I did see in the body language and the facial expressions of my players tha...
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