SuperSport focused on closing the gap
Supersport United coach Kaitano Tembo offered the perfect description of the second half of the season which they started in dramatic fashion by giving Kaizer Chiefs only their second loss in the Absa Premiership this campaign.
Matsatsantsa a Pitori, who have already won the MTN8 this season, have set themselves the huge task of ensuring that their league form matches their cup form.
SuperSport are cup specialists, able to nick a trophy even when they are struggling in the bread and butter that is league football. But that good cup run has come at a cost to their league form.
The Pretoria giants are a shadow of the team that won a hat-trick of successive league titles under Gavin Hunt. They are looking to change that with a man who has seen everything at the club in the 20 years he has spent there as a player and a coach at various levels.
“The second round is dog eat dog,” Tembo said.
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