Arthur Zwane with Ernst Middendorp (head coach) during the Kaizer Chiefs training at Naturena. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images)
Zwane believes showboating doesn’t benefit local football and should be discouraged by development coaches.
“We are not developing players with confidence and arrogance as well as understanding for the game,” Zwane told the Daily Sun.
“We keep saying we have our identity as South Africans but there is no identity to be honest, we are allowing negative football when they have to be direct and be productive.
“I will repeat what I’ve said before, as a nation we are behind because our players play to please fans in the stands, yes supporters are important but we need to understand that they will still love you even if you play proper, direct football like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, those are direct players who are in the business of football, and fans still love them.”
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