Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro's secret on how he moulded unknown youngsters to the top of the game in the first team could have been unravelled.
Riveiro has been credited with bringing up to speed and properly nurturing the talents of the likes of Relebohile Mofokeng and Mohau Nkota, who have taken the PSL by storm and recently Mbezekile Mbokazi, who are all tipped for greatness.
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Mofokeng and Nkota have proved that they belong at the top of the game, not only at Pirates and in the country but also on the continent, after they scored a combined nine goals, en route to The Buccaneers reaching their first CAF Champions League semi-final in 12 years.
There has been wonder why these type of young talents breaking through at the first team at The Ghosts only started to happen after the arrival of the Spanish coach.
The Siya crew understands that the Vigo native tactician took it upon himself to invite youngsters he saw potential at the DStv Diski Challenge to train with the first team on a regular basis and Dolly has explained why South African youngsters are delayed from being integrated into the first team compared to in Europe.
"In France, what I saw the development structures are top but also because everything is in one big facility, it's close-by (where first team and development teams train), so it's easy for a 12-year old to go over that side to watch the first team train," Dolly reflected on his experience at Montpellier during an interview on All Rounders SA. podcast.
"And say, 'One day I'm gonna be here'. It's (within) reach, you know you can get there because you've seen these players everyday, so for us (youngsters in SA) it's difficult because the development is this side and the first team is training 45 minutes away.
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"So it doesn't feel attainable, it doesn't feel reachable because, you're like, 'Yoh, when will I reach that level' and in Europe, if the first team plays a certain formation, every (team in the development) plays the same, so it's easy (to transition)," Dolly observed.
Kaizer Chiefs also have a number of youngsters with a much quicker transition into the first team, largely thanks to their state-of-the-art Naturena village facilities, which accommodates all teams, in the same training vicinity.
