SuperSport United head coach Gavin Hunt has revealed what he believes is the 'biggest problem in South African football'.
Matsatsantsa booked their seat in the last eight of the Nedbank Cup with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Richards Bay FC at Princess Magogo Stadium, thanks to a Shandre Campell brace and a late strike by Gamphani Lungu. Sibusiso Mthethwa pulled one back for Richards Bay.
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Speaking at the post-match press conference, Hunt was unimpressed with his side's inability to capitalise on the natal rich Boyz's mistakes.
"When you have got a lot of young players like we have, I think game intelligence plays a part. You've got to play football with game intelligence," Hunt said.
"When their (Richards Bay) fullbacks are coming so high up the pitch, that was a space for us to go in and we didn't play that, we wanted to play the ball into the feet, into the strikers when we should be playing down the sides.
"Now that's just immaturity and we are only playing on the turn-up, we're not playing without the ball and these type of things, and that's what he has got to learn, a guy like Shandre.
"He's got to learn to play without the ball. Besides the two goals (Shandre scored0, we actually have to look at his performance.
"But those are things that young players have to learn. Ime (Okon) gave a penalty away, he's got to learn. We've got to learn to run down the sides and so on and on."
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"As I said, we've played a lot of youngsters this year, more than anybody and it's the future of the club, we have to do it.
"We are going to have dips in form, but what they give you is energy and they really can be good players if they give the other side of the game. They have to learn and that's the biggest problem in South African football – game intelligence.
SuperSport have been drawn against Stellenbosch FC in the last eight of the Nedbank Cup.
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