THEY SAID IT . . .
“I would say I’m very happy that the team will be going back to the Champions League. We deserve to be there. We showed in the previous years that we can compete with some of the big guns in Africa, so why not go back there and play again? We have to go there and show that we as South Africans deserve to play in that competition.” “It was a game that we had to win because we had no other option to continue in this tournament. We played well‚ except the goal we conceded in the closing stages. We controlled the game‚ there was never a threat and we could have scored two more with Sirino and Brockie. This game was‚ for me‚ more difficult than the one we lost in Togo but we got the three points.” "I just hope the boys on deserved holidays, they take care of themselves a little bit and I hope somebody wants to do what Rashford and Jones decided to do, which is to be back a little bit earlier to try and help the team because for the beginning of the season we are going to be in trouble. The majority of the players that played are not going to play - some are not even going to belong to the squad." “We are working together and giving the responsibility to the player. I think Mesut can take the responsibility as a captain, but let’s not forget Laurent Koscielny because he is captain as well. We want to give him and our players the best position they feel most comfortable in on the pitch. But it depends because Mesut can also play on the right and go inside. We want to find a space for him and the other players where they can use their qualities through good positioning. I think in the first half today we played good with quality players, but I want to improve the pressing.”