Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi has given his honest assessment of showboating in South Africa, saying Hugo Broos has done well to change the South African DNA a little bit with Bafana Bafana.
Showboating is a recurring topic in the South African football fraternity, with Chiefs also having a few players who like to get the crowd going.
However, Nabi has now expressed his concerns, admitting showboating is often not efficient and teams should focus on scoring more goals instead of showing skills.
“I want to provide for DNA, for South African football, provide to mix it with the necessity of modern football. What I needed, and I profiled in this DNA,” he said on Monday.
“But also, this DNA is not all positive. Maybe it’s spectacular positive, but it’s not realistic, sometimes not efficient. My colleague, Mr. Hugo Broos, he’s worked very hard to change a little bit and congratulation for his work, for his passion.
“Remember, it’s not easy. Mister Hugo Broos it’s not easy for him. The first season with Bafana Bafana, you [media] are here, how many time you criticise him hard? Now, I think you are very happy, because the football.
“If you want to change you need to understand, and you need the passion, and you need respect. I know we need criticism, it’s normal, but I don’t talk positive criticism, but realistic criticism.
“The criticism with an objective and you need to criticise the process and don’t criticise why this player is not playing. Why you chose this one? It’s for football in 1998 or 75, it’s not for now, why this one play and another not play? Criticise the game model, criticise the smart and I return to your question.
“Now, I want to profile [players] for the quality. I want to kill the bad points in DNA in South Africa, sometimes it’s too much show, and not efficient.
“This is a mentality change. You remember the game, Uganda against Bafana. After I think 1-0 or 2-0, the team was without concerns and started to show and lost the focus in the team.
“This is an example, you need to be more realistic, more focusing. If you need to win four or five, you need to focus for 90 minutes 200%. It’s not you score one goal and to go and now show, ‘come on, guys, it’s not like that’.”
