Downs striker praised
Šafranko is growing to become one of the Yellow Nation’s favorites after his performance in a 4-0 win over Marumo Gallants in Polokwane.
Mamelodi Sundowns’ new signing Pavol Šafranko received praise from his coaches after scoring his first goal in the DStv Premiership on Sunday.
Šafranko is growing to become one of the Yellow Nation’s favourites after his performance in a 4-0 win over Marumo Gallants in Polokwane.
This Slovakian international was praised by his coach Manqoba Mngqithi, who reflected on Šafranko’s presence and progress with the champions.
“We are very happy with the progress that he’s making in the team, and for a player like him, it’s not only about scoring, but the work ethic that he puts in and makes sure that he helps in our defensive strategies and he’s very important in that space. On set-pieces, he’s a big factor both offensively and defensively, and he has something to give us behind the defence. We believe that Šafranko still has goals in him, he’s still going to help us, he’s gaining confidence, in the first half he created a very beautiful moment for Neo Maema and that could’ve easily been a very good assist,” Mngqithi said on Downs website.
He also hailed his side for going for goals against Gallants.
“It’s never easy playing away from home, you can only do as much as getting the three points and then go home. They were actually coming at us and putting pressure on us, 1-0 scoreline isn’t safe so we had to do something to get the second one for the pressure to ease a bit and once we got the second goal, it opened up for the third and the fourth,” Mngqithi said.
Adding to the brilliance of Masandawana’s quality of players is Neo Maema who received his second man of the match accolade in a row after The Brazilians’ 4-0 thumping of Gallants.
“We know what [Neo] is capable of, but what is more encouraging for us is when a young player like Neo presents himself as a player that got a goal and a player that has got assists. It improves his assists and that is what we want with offensive players.”
Mamelodi Sundowns will now have close to two weeks to recharge their energy during the international break before returning to action against Cape Town City.
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