Gavin Hunt. Image: Facebook – Football Corner with Sinethemba Sithole
Gavin Hunt previews SuperSport United v Mamelodi Sundowns
SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt has given his thoughts ahead of their match against cross-town rivals Mamelodi Sundowns on Friday.
Gavin Hunt. Image: Facebook – Football Corner with Sinethemba Sithole
SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt has given his thoughts ahead of their match against cross-town rivals Mamelodi Sundowns on Friday, 2 September.
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Kick-off is scheduled for 19:30.
It will be a repeat of the MTN8 quarter-final that took place last Sunday where Hunt’s side lost 2-0 to Masandawana.
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The former Kaizer Chiefs mentor says they need to find the back of the net if they want to challenge the DStv Premiership defending champions.
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‘WE NEED TO PLAY CLEVER’ – GAVIN HUNT
“We need to score if we want to challenge Sundowns on Friday,” Hunt said as per SowetanLIVE.
“It’s pretty basic in any football match that if you want to win you need to score. Playing against a team like Sundowns, if you’re going to go toe-to-toe with them, you’ll come second, that’s the bottom line.
“So we certainly need to play very clever, which I thought we did for 80 minutes [in last Sunday’s MTN8 defeat] until we got a little bit slack. Sometimes we need a little bit of luck.”
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Hunt is unfazed by playing too many games within a short space of time, but instead says he enjoys it.
“I am a coach who likes to play every two, three days… I think it’s important. Obviously training has been a bit low key because we’ve played a lot of games now and there was a bit of travelling in between. We looked a little bit down today but it’s okay, we don’t have to be up today,” he added.
SuperSport United will be without three Mamelodi Sundowns loanees – Grant Margeman, Thabang Sibanyoni and Ricardo Goss – who can’t play against their parent club thanks to an agreement between the two clubs.
