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Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena: We don't give Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson his flowers

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena has called for Cavin Johnson to get the credit he deserves as the tactician has "produced" a lot of players in South Africa.Mokwena's side ran riot as they<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-za/lists/official-mamelodi-sundowns-thump-kaizer-chiefs-to-claim-seventh-consecutive-psl-title/blt3abf8e8fd7ffeaf5" target="_blank"> hammered Johnson's Kaizer Chiefs 5-1</a> in the Premier Soccer League match at the FNB Stadium on Thursday night&nbsp; After the match, the 37-year-old tactician said his former colleague doesn't get the credit he deserves from the SA football fanatics.&nbsp;

WHAT HAPPENED?

"It’s bittersweet because I admire him a lot, a lot. I think he’s done incredible work,” he told journalists, as quoted by<a href="https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/dstv-premiership/mokwena-makes-johnson-plea/#google_vignette" target="_blank"> iDiski Times</a>.&nbsp;"And maybe it doesn’t get [praised enough]. But it’s like that in South Africa, isn’t it? We don’t respect our own. I don’t think he gets the respect he deserves."I mean, the guy has produced so many top, top professional football players. He’s coached at Platinum Stars and SuperSport. He’s won trophies, he’s really done incredible work for this country," he explained.&nbsp;"And he’s an incredible human being, I think the Kaizer Chiefs staff can attest to that he is a very, very good person.“I’ve always said that I don’t want to be a good coach if I can’t be a good human being. And that is, that is where I am,'' added Mokwena."So it’s very difficult, as you say it’s a bit bittersweet, but it’s football, and I’m sure he also understands."

WHAT WAS SAID

Mokwena and the erstwhile SuperSport United coach worked together at the now-defunct Platinum Stars as youth coaches.&nbsp;In the 2012/23 PSL campaign, Johnson was a runner-up with the Stars. He won the Msunduzi Cup and the KwaZulu-Natal Premiers Cup with AmaZulu six years ago.&nbsp;

THE BIGGER PICTURE

The former Black Leopards mentor is expected to step down from his duties as Chiefs coach at the end of the season. It remains to be seen whether the 65-year-old will resume his duties as the club's head of Aaademy role or not.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena: We don't give Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson his flowers | Goal.com

Masandawana&apos;s coach believes that the former Al-Ahly assistant coach deserves more praise for the good work he has done in the football fraternity.

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