#RUBLOGS SA soccer will have a better chance if we get Carlos Santana involved. At least we'll be entertained.http://papnvleis.blogspot.com/
Lincoln van der Westhuizen
The national soccer team’s string of bad results has left a sour taste in the mouths of fans and SAFA executives. This has lead to speculation in the media that Brazilian coach Joel Santana should be fired. Recently Julius Malema has quite unsurprisingly voiced his opinion on the matter. Politics in South African sport, will it ever end?
SAFA boss Kirsten Nematandani receives more media attention than the man whose future is on the line. He basically won the spot has SAFA president on the basis of Santana’s string of bad results. Only recently has Santana spoken about the calls for his head: “I am here to coach Bafana, not get involved in politics” Santana said.
When will politicians realise that politics in sport never works and that it just distracts players form their jobs? Its interesting to me that it is only when a team is faring poorly that politicians gallop in on their green, white and black horses in an attempt to save a team that professionals can’t get the best out of.
This story has now become a chance for any politician (read Malema) to advocate nationalist ideals like: “If we lose, we must lose to one of our own. And if we win, we win with our own”.
No one likes politics in sport but it is something that is here to stay. Let’s just hope that the team starts winning again so that Malema can shimmy off to the periphery of our country’s sporting picture.
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