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World Cup 2010: South Africa Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira - We Now Have A Style Of Play
Parreira pleased with a settled style.
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Apr 9, 2010 2:13:00 PM
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says his team has found a style with which they can be identified after their month-long training camp in Brazil.
Bafana spent a month of rigorous training in Parreira's homeland playing against several opponents from the South American country.
"We can now identify the team with one style because we have found our shape," revealed Parreira, according to Kickoff.com.
"Right now the bottle is half full because we are halfway ready towards being fully prepared for the World Cup. I say half full instead of half empty because I am optimistic about the way we are preparing for the World Cup.
"I have seen the players in Brazil and I can say that camp gave a shape to the team in terms of ball possession. From the Brazil camp we accomplished what we were looking for because our foundation is now firm.
"Playing as a team and keeping shape during the camp in Brazil is what pleased me with our defence doing well in a 4-4-2 system with two central midfielders and two wide players with a half-striker and the top man. Now that we have the shape we have to make it stronger going forward into the camp in Germany," explained Parreira.
However, the veteran mentor is not entirely pleased with the physical fitness levels of his team.
"Even though I am happy with the shape, the physical fitness should be much higher than where it is now. The defence is okay and the team is organised even without the ball while the transition when moving defence to attack is good. We just want to improve the quality of possession because that is what most of these players battle with, since in the PSL the football tends to be like table tennis at times with the ball being kicked forward and back just like that.
"We are not saying we will be like Barcelona but we don't want to be like a table tennis team," says Parreira adding that the Germany camp will be the second of a three-part preparation for the World Cup.
"The last camp will be the one that we will have in Johannesburg starting on May 5. So far, the Brazil camp was a positive start and it doesn't matter what team we played against there because even a second division team in Brazil can give a good challenge to any team from anywhere in the world," he said.
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Bafana spent a month of rigorous training in Parreira's homeland playing against several opponents from the South American country.
"We can now identify the team with one style because we have found our shape," revealed Parreira, according to Kickoff.com.
"Right now the bottle is half full because we are halfway ready towards being fully prepared for the World Cup. I say half full instead of half empty because I am optimistic about the way we are preparing for the World Cup.
"I have seen the players in Brazil and I can say that camp gave a shape to the team in terms of ball possession. From the Brazil camp we accomplished what we were looking for because our foundation is now firm.
"Playing as a team and keeping shape during the camp in Brazil is what pleased me with our defence doing well in a 4-4-2 system with two central midfielders and two wide players with a half-striker and the top man. Now that we have the shape we have to make it stronger going forward into the camp in Germany," explained Parreira.
However, the veteran mentor is not entirely pleased with the physical fitness levels of his team.
"Even though I am happy with the shape, the physical fitness should be much higher than where it is now. The defence is okay and the team is organised even without the ball while the transition when moving defence to attack is good. We just want to improve the quality of possession because that is what most of these players battle with, since in the PSL the football tends to be like table tennis at times with the ball being kicked forward and back just like that.
"We are not saying we will be like Barcelona but we don't want to be like a table tennis team," says Parreira adding that the Germany camp will be the second of a three-part preparation for the World Cup.
"The last camp will be the one that we will have in Johannesburg starting on May 5. So far, the Brazil camp was a positive start and it doesn't matter what team we played against there because even a second division team in Brazil can give a good challenge to any team from anywhere in the world," he said.
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