TACTICS

Too often most of us as coaches, we bombard players with tactics and the South African player tends to be overwhelmed by too much information. What Shakes got right was simplify the game for Bafana.

He was not too focused on the tactics but rather went back to the good old football basics of attacking and defending well as a unit. This approach allowed players freedom to play and that always gives them self-belief. He played players to their strength and you saw that mostly in how Tokelo Rantie was allowed to run at the opposition.