Mamelodi Sundowns coach, Johan Neeskens has told journalists that he is not worried about his future at the club.
Sundowns lost the Nedbank Cup final against rivals and neighbours, Supersport United at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The loss means Sundowns will finish this season without any trophy despite boosting a star-studded dressing room.
“I’m not afraid of what might happen to me in the. There are only two people who decide my future; it’s myself and the president. Right now, I will be going on holiday. I don’t want to talk about my future here,” Neeskens told the media during the post match press conference.
“I don’t want to talk about next year. First we have to think about this game, analyse it tomorrow then everyone can go on holiday except the internationals.”
The Sundowns coach said he will discuss the new season when he returns from holiday in his native land, Netherlands.
The defeat to SuperSport in the Nedbank Cup was a bitter pill to swallow for most of the Sundowns fans.
“If you do not score (your) chances, you don’t win games. Today was a different story; we played against a strong team with 10 men. I think it could have been a different story with 11 players.”
“We tried, the players gave their best but against SuperSport and being one man down, that was hard. At least we tried. It was a difficult game for us. It was too easy for SuperSport – that is football and we have accepted that.”
Sundowns started the season as favourites to win the League. However, following a spate of draws, they fell out of the championship race.
Neeskens said he has been able to establish rapport with his players.
“This was my first year. The players were new to me, I was new to them. Over the season, there were a lot of improvements. Football is decided by scoring goals and we did very well at the start of the season. Then we started not winning games – it doesn’t mean we were bad or we were not playing well, but we were not scoring goals.
“I have enjoyed my first year in South Africa. It is always exciting to start with a new club and new culture. In this league, you have a lot of good teams. I said during the break that the title would be decided on the last game of the season, I was right. The competition means everyone can beat each other, that is a good for the league.”