Pressure on coaches as season blasts into life :: Mmegi Online

The rumbling sounds of vuvuzelas, fans clad in colourful and unique attires, song and dance, will return to nine venues set to host the 2017/2018 BTC Premiership’s 240 league games. While eyes are on the ball, and the voices on the terraces grow louder, there is one man sweating profusely; the coach. The coaches were left frustrated as the late start disrupted their pre-season planning. It would be every coach’s desire to start with a positive result in order to win the fans backing and ease pressure on the technical team. Mmegi Sport Correspondent KABELO BORANABI zooms in on the 16 coaches on the touchline

Rodolfo Zapata (Gaborone United)

The Argentine who arrived in January last year is yet to taste success with the Money Machine. He is set for a make or break season with the club. Zapata showed his intentions early on as he finished his shopping early into the transfer window.

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