In his response when asked to comment about that statement made by Carlos Parreira, he agreed and made an example about the two styles of football played by Cape Town teams and the ones by Johannesburg teams.I thought about this and I too agree with Shakes Mashaba. Can having him coaching the U-23s and Pitso Mosimane or whoever coaching Bafana Bafana help us forge that so called identity?
I guess this should start at team level before one can implement it at national level. The question then is, how does one convince teams to play a certain style of football in the name of forging a 'national identity?'
Teams use certain styles with an aim of winning games, am lost as to how best can this be approached for us to have it as a common style even at the national team level.
Maybe that is why Cape Town players are not so lucky in terms of getting call-ups, the idea may be, they will take time to adapt to the Johannesburg-like style played at national level.
What is your contribution on this so called 'national identity' our soccer lacks?
By Thulane (Diskioff Contributor)
