Mamelodi Sundowns' dominance over the last six years has created debate on whether it is because of the quality of players and the club's buying power.
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Rival supporters have argued that without the buying power that the Brazilians possess and exert, the club may not have excelled. That argument automatically disregards the quality of coaching, which has been acknowledged by TS Galaxy head coach Sead Ramovic, whose team recently beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0.
Ramovic has suggested that the Brazilians' strength does not lie with the team keeping possession, because on average, a Sundowns player only keeps the ball for two to three minutes in a game.
The former goalkeeper says what makes the Brazilians great is what the players do in the remaining minutes in a game, which has to do more with coaching.
"Rulani (Mokwena)… he works 24 hours, when I see him or his team how they play, it's just great. If they lose the ball what do they do? Are they compact (or) stretched out?" Ramovic said in his assessment on Marawa Sports Worldwide.
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"For example, in one match, one (Sundowns) player has the ball in total on his feet from two until three minutes, so now the question is what the players do in the other 87 minutes.
"So it means… football is a brain game, because you should know where to run, when to run, when to cover, when to press, when to move and how to move. So it's a lot of things, anticipation, read the game, decision-making, tactically understand problem solving, emotional intelligence, to handle the pressure and all these things," he said.
Mokwena always says 'the game belongs to the players' but there is a lot of coaching that is happening at the Brazilians for the players to not only to be at their best on the pitch individually, but for them to play really well as a team on a consistent basis.
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