World Cup hosts S.Africa on right track, says Parreira
By Mark Gleeson
JOHANNESBURG, March 27 (Reuters) - South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira
believes his team are finally on the right track after the 2010 World
Cup hosts scored an emphatic 3-0 win over Paraguay in a friendly in Pretoria.
Brazilian Parreira had been under pressure in recent weeks after a series
of disappointing results, including first round elimination in the African
Nations Cup finals in Ghana at the start of the year.
"We are on track," said Parreira after Wednesday's win.
"I'm happy not only because of the result itself but because of the
performance of the players against an experienced side."
Goals from Surprise Moriri, Benni McCarthy and Simphiwe Tshabalala delivered
the win.
"It was time to start winning. We don't want only development but
development and results as well. That's why the win was very promising."
Parreira said he would continue to experiment with players and combinations
until the end of the year. Then he would look to form a squad of some
35 players who would have 18 months to prepare for the World Cup finals
in June 2010.
"We don't have to change the process, we know what we are doing,"
he said. "We know we have to also get results but there must be patience."
South Africa next play in the World Cup preliminaries, also being used
as qualifiers for the 2010 African Nations Cup finals.
They meet Nigeria in Abuja on May 31 and have three more matches in June
against Sierra Leone (twice) and Equatorial Guinea.
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