Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso criticised his team for playing with too much emotion in their 1-1 draw against Orlando Pirates.
Teboho Mokoena put Sundowns ahead in the first half before Kamogelo Sebelebele brought the Buccaneers in the latter stages of the second period.
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Cardoso accused his players of playing with emotion instead of their brain in certain moments.
“It was a more emotional match than a rational match and with different moments – one moment one team was up and in other moments other team in control. I think we should’ve had more brain and less emotions at the end of the match,” Cardoso told SuperSport after the game.
“But well, it’s not the final knockout match but it’s the first of two and sometimes the players in the ambience didn’t take hold of the moments but it would’ve been important to keep it until the end.
“I already saw the goal we suffered; it’s obviously a mistake we should never do. But some good moments of football, some not so good. We’re in the half and a lot to do."
As the likes of Tashreeq Matthews, Arthur Sales, Aubrey Modiba struggled to continue late in the second half and was substituted, it put the team in a delicate situation.
However, too much emotions, heart and less brain in the end bothered the Betway Premiership champions least of all Cardoso.
“We managed it with the resource that we have. I would like to have capacity to put more power in the front, but in such an emotional match it’s important that you put men to play. I think that as I said we had too much heart and a little bit less brain than we needed,” explained the coach.
