Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has gone elaborate with his feelings about officiating after coming out irritated with their draw against Golden Arrows.
Cardoso went to town in answering a question relating to officiating at the PSL offices on Thursday.
"I don't like personalising whatever has to do with referees, and I will never do it because in the end, a coach has more to lose," Cardoso said in his opening remark in what grew into a sermon.
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The Portuguese then called for an improvement in the levels of officiating to match that of players and coaches, while advocating for the introduction of VAR.
Then the gist of his speech swung to how often officials make mistakes which have championship loss risks, talking about emotions and the need to be nice, polite, and respectful in the relationship between players and coaches.
"I can protest, but I don't use bad language," he said as he spoke for almost 10 minutes on this subject.
"If I will ever do it, I will be the first one immediately to say sorry, it escaped from my mouth, and I will not repeat it because I'm not like that.
"I also don't like to hear that I'm disrespecting someone, but I heard it already and more than once.
"I was already threatened to be put out twice and to ask Steve (Komphela) to help me because I did nothing, and I'm being threatened to be put out.
"I don't like that, of course.
"I know I already made mistakes in my career as I remember once, I was hot-headed, but now, I'm much more clear in my vision of how to relate with different agents.
"Whatever happens in a football match, we must remember that the next day life will go on and we are privileged people with a good salary, have our families protected and do what we love, just like referees and players.
"I just want to leave that mark because I'm already 54 and an age where you look at things differently to when you were 30 when you just wanted to win, make your steps, and impose yourself.
"That is not the way I see life now.
"Even how I speak to my father is different.
"So, these are values that you try to have and sometimes as a club, there are values that I need to respect.
"I cannot provoke because I know I will be called to order.
"There is also a commitment to the club with how I should behave, so I should control myself and know where to step my feet.
"I ask everybody to have the right emotions.
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"Bad thoughts bring bad emotions, and the behaviour will not be right, so I work hard on my mindset because at the end of the day, the referee is a human being and can have a bad day.
"That is why I say VAR is important because it helps to correct.
"Football is a product that we need to sell," says Cardoso.