Following suspicions on who influenced former Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Manqoba Mngqithi to change the style of play, new information has emerged.
Mngqithi took a bold decision to change Sundowns' style of play, from a possession-based, short passing game under former head coach Rulani Mokwena.
To a more dynamic approach, where Mngqithi setup his team to be open to playing on counter-attacks or go direct, especially with wing play, with the main purpose being to score as many goals as possible.
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Initially, there were suggestions that the former Golden Arrows coach could have been following instructions from Sporting Director Flemming Berg.
However, former assistant coach Romain Folz, in revealing what was his role under Mngqithi, suggested that he came up with the attacking formula that was on display during his time Masandawana.
"Coach Manqoba gave me the responsibilities, among other things but most importantly, of the offensive departments and try a little bit to segment the work in way our formula and a pattern of play and how we approach the game in the offensive side more diverse," Folz said in an interview on SoccerBeat YouTube Channel.
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"To be able to adapt and hurt any type of opponent. I believe we had a lot of good moments, we scored a lot of goals, that was main responsibility. We had good examples, a game in the cup against Arrows (5-0 in the Carling Knockout) and against Chiefs (4-0), where we had different type of opposition and I believe we played the right cards, scored a lot of goals.
"But yeah I believe in as much as we scored a lot of goals, we could have scored more. So I believe it was good but we could've done better," the 34-year-old coach added.
Sundowns scored 39 goals in just over three months during the previous coaching team led by Mngqithi.