“Congratulations
to Pitso Mosimane for a great performance. Pirates gave supporters an excellent
game but results could have been different but credits should be given to Senzo
Meyiwa and defence. It was very tough when Alje Schut pushed forward to add an
aerial ability in the box towards the end of the game but the defence stood
preventing him to score. Sundowns have quality squad and it is difficult to
play against them due to rotation in the field. Sundowns have quality players
who can score long range goals.”
Vermezovic
revealed his tactical plan which made difference. His main tactical plan was to
close down from the back to prevent build up from the back. The coach was very
happy that Helder Pelembe and Lennox Bacela played according to the tactical
instruction by preventing Sundowns to build from the back.
Pelembe
and Bacela tried their utmost best. They prevented Sundowns to build from the
back. It was my tactical idea to close
Sundowns down and prevent them from building from the back which worked well
but after scoring the second goal we changed our tactics to 4-2-3-1 to add more
strength in the wing play and also in the midfield but we struggle with aerial
balls as Schut is very dangerous but we won second ball to prevent Sundowns
players shorting from the range.
Vermezovic
promised more changes in the team to avoid further fatigue in the team. Vermezovic
will introduce more fresh legs against Maritzburg United this Tuesday. He is
worried that players over played this season without any proper pre-season
training.
“I
made 9 chances against SuperSport United and against Sundowns I made 5 changes.
Many of my key players are from long term injuries due to achilles tendon and
knees suffered by Klate, Siyabonga Sangweni, Rooi Mahamutsa, Patrick Phungwayo
and Happy Jele but our biggest problem is mental fatigue with players playing
more than 60 days without rest. I am
going to make changes in our Tuesday game against Maritzburg United. We need
fresh legs but it is difficult now to get fresh legs.”
