Benni McCarthy Hopes His Players Will Be Remembered For A Long Time!

Benni McCarthy Hopes His Players Will Be Remembered For A Long Time! This is after Usuthu qualified for continental football this season.

AmaZulu have qualified for the group stages of the CAF Champions League for the very first time in their history. Head coach Benni McCarthy is ecstatic with the achievement his players have produced.

Usuthu drew 1-1 away to African giants TP Mazembe. This gave the Kwa-Zulu Natal side a precious away goal.

The game ended 1-1 on aggregate with AmaZulu qualifying on away goals.

“I hope people will remember us for as long we’re alive because we’re the first team to do things at AmaZulu,” McCarthy said after the 1-1 draw.

“We could have won the match with two, three or four goals. The highlight of the day for me was the team spirit.

“These boys went out to play for their team.

“My team have a strong mentality and we’re absolutely delighted to be in charge of this group of players.

“We’re history makers. The first [AmaZulu] team to finish second in the league and the first team to qualify for the CAF Champions League group stages.”

It is only last week that McCarthy was saying that South African players are poor and mediocre. It was after their 1-0 win over TS Galaxy in Mpumalanga.

“I know sometimes I’m a tough coach. I’m a tough father, but it is only because I want the best for my players and I want the best for my kids. That why,” said McCarthy.

“I think they need to be more focused because you can’t have the ability, the quality that we have and then we [become] mediocre [at times].

“When when I’m critical about my team, it is because I know what they have and I don’t want them to lower their standard.

“That’s why sometimes I am very hard [on the players] when I criticise them and I say things because I want them to understand footballers have short careers.

“We have 15 years, 20 years maximum in a career and you have to make the most of what you have. I don’t want them to have any regrets the day they hang up their boots. That’s why I’m the way I am.

“But they showed me what I know when I see them every day [at training]. I saw heart, I saw character, I saw personality, I saw arrogance and I saw a football team not afraid of anything.” He said.

AmaZulu take on Stellenbosch FC this afternoon. Benni McCarthy Hopes His Players Will Be Remembered For A Long Time!