Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has shared his motivational tactic for his team when they are trailing in a match.
After guiding Masandawana to a 2-1 comeback victory over Magesi in the Betway Premiership, Cardoso shared his emotional experience and the strategy he employs to inspire his players.
He emphasized the importance of focusing on scoring just one goal, believing that achieving this initial breakthrough will create momentum and pave the way for further success.
CARDOSO ON SUNDOWNS’ COMEBACK AGAINST MAGESI
“Yeah, obviously a very emotional game and naturally emotions for myself came out on that moment,” said Cardoso.
“We expected to make a strong first half. We discussed it a lot emotions and what could come out from this game and that we should enter very strong in order to make ourselves the first goal.
“But it happened we lost concentration in the action that gave the goal to Magesi. And then I think, on the heads of the players, the players came back something that was on the past that we should not attach ourselves to the past, we should look forward.
“So first half was difficult the players struggled to put themselves inside the game in the best way.
“But also we knew that if you could keep the intensity, we had players to put inside that could give energy that could bring other things that could put challenges to the other team. And eventually, we also didn’t need to think about two goals.
“I always tell them think about one because if we score one, the energy will be very big on our side. And hopefully we did it.
“It seems that also we scored the second one that was not validated, but it’s not important. We have the energy, the strength, the character to go until the end.
“I confess to you, as a coach, it was a very tough, tough game, not only because we had to think a lot in terms of how to add the players, because it’s basically our job as coaches to head how we can ourselves, try to solve the problem that was in the pitch and they gave a good answer.
“By the way, we changed the game. The players that entered helped a lot and we kept the intensity until the end and thank God we received the result we wanted.”
