Maritzburg United head coach Fadlu Davids has put the spotlight on Golden Arrows and Swallows players ahead of the final round of fixtures on Saturday.
Maritzburg came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw against champions Sundowns after Jose Ali Meza scored in the second stanza against his former team to cancel out a first-half goal for the Brazilians by Bradley Ralani.
United moved out of the relegation zone by one point, having completed their season and are just one point ahead of Chippa United and Marumo Gallants, who will play their final matches against Arrows and Swallows respectively.
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Chippa will be up against Arrows while Gallants will face Swallows, with both Abafana Bes'thende and the Birds having chances of finishing in the top eight.
"We're not really sure if one point is enough, we saw the game with Pretoria Callies, with Kwanele Kopo and everything that happened with the four goals, really feel sorry for Cape Town Spurs, with Tuks celebrating like they won the league," Davids told SuperSport TV.
"We put the pressure now over to Chippa and Marumo. Golden Arrows, their players are going to be under such scrutiny, one mistake everybody is going to say…a goalkeeper mistake by Golden Arrows, what happened.
"So Golden Arrows players are under such scrutiny and of course Marumo Gallants playing Swallows, the players have to play on their toes, they really have to be professional, because the whole world is going watch, are they going to give them the game you know, you don't want to say that," he said.
The former Orlando Pirates coach continued and said that he hopes both relegation games will be shown live on the same screen, so that everybody can scrutinize what is happening minute by minute, second by second.
"But what the coach was insinuating Kwanele Kopo, the entire country is gonna watch with a hawk eye to be able to see, can they win the game in a proper way? Swallows, are they gonna push for the top eight or someone is suddenly gonna slip on the edge of the box and they score?" he asked.
"The entire country is going to watch these games. The relegation fight normally we should be there but now everybody, the hawk eye, I hope it's live on both games, not like Cape Town Spurs, they showed one game.
"I hope they show both games and we have hawk eyes on top of them, the pressure although it's one point, I commend the players, we got our 30-point mark. Maybe it's not enough, maybe we're still relegated," he said.
Davids, however, still has hopes of at least making it to the promotion/relegation play-offs and says if that would be the case, they will grab the opportunity with both hands.
"But the players, the growth, the mindset, step by step we're coaching them, we're trying to turn them into men, not only good football players to be able to handle these emotional season and if we have to go to the play-offs, we put our chest out, we really attack it full force," he said.
"I'm proud of the players, the supporters that came out to see us, if it's us having to take the play-off route, we'll take it on full force.
"I'm sorry to say this, the pressure is on the Arrows players, the pressure on Swallows players, let's hope they give a performance and make a fair fight like Sundowns did here tonight, tough game but we were really fantastic and we can definitely build on this if there is space to go to the play-offs," he added.
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