{"id":28531,"date":"2023-05-10T08:46:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-game-has-deteriorated"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:29:26","slug":"the-game-has-deteriorated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-game-has-deteriorated","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The game has deteriorated\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>When comparing the football of today and yesteryear, Lesotho legend Teele Nts\u030conyana says the country\u2019s standards have deteriorated. Nts\u030conyana, a former Likuena striker who plied his trade at the highest level in South Africa, says the quality of players in Lesotho keeps declining because of a lack of succession strategies in local football.<\/p>\n<p>Nts\u030conyana, a coach and instructor who has worked for several Vodacom Premier League teams, says much-needed support from the government and funders has plummeted dramatically as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our days, football was bolstered in many different ways,\u201d the Lijabatho head coach says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams had sound development structures which were meant to nurture young talent,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven schools had such structures; there was (an) A team, B team and C team which was always inspiring players to perform to the best of their abilities in any category (team).<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Nts\u030conyana says schools were enthusiastic about football and top-flight teams were affiliated to schools in their immediate environment. He made an example with Lioli which had players from schools in Teya-Teyaneng such as \u2019Mamathe High School.<\/p>\n<p>In Leribe, Linare had players from Hlotse High School and in Nts\u030conyana\u2019s home village, Mazenod, Swallows had players from Masianokeng High School. Many other clubs had similar relationships with school, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe competition level at schools rubbed off on the premier league,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, according to Nts\u030conyana, physical strength and mental fortitude were central and instrumental to the selection of players and it yielded a crescendo of entertaining football at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Nts\u030conyana complains that today\u2019s football is dominated by players with small frames which results in an un-lively spectacle. Nts\u030conyana is critical of the body size of the majority of players in the country because he says it has had a bearing on the poor performance of domestic teams on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>The former striker acknowledges there have been exceptional players with short or small body frames who have defied the odds such as Argentina\u2019s Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nts\u030conyana says those players can be fielded owing to their special talent and the vast majority of the team must be made up of players with well-built bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to play with extremely talented and well-developed players who had a footballing brain coupled with a footballing body,\u201d Nts\u030conyana explains.<\/p>\n<p>He says FIFA has not been wrong by modelling the ideal football player by using a representation of France legend Zinedine Zidane, who himself had a tall and imposing physique.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA model pays particular attention to a player\u2019s height, muscle mass as well as thinking capacity. These features, Nts\u030conyana says, are embedded together to make a complete player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body size of the players actually matters,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the players who are presently playing football (in the Vodacom Premier League) wouldn\u2019t have played in the past due to their small body size.<br \/>\nDue to the nature of our players, Nts\u030conyana feels the brand of football Lesotho should emulate as a country is that of Japan and South Korea which play a pressing game that is based on group cohesion and not individuality.<\/p>\n<p>He says Lesotho as a country should be a team that is also collectively aggressive to make-up for our small bodies. \u201cOur first opponents are our fellow African teams.<\/p>\n<p>Their players tower at around two metres,\u201d he says. \u201cThey are very athletic and muscular. Even before we think about the world, we have to think of being a match for them and give them a run for their money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Nts\u030conyana says Lesotho does not have a football identity because there is no National Playing Philosophy (NPP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPP has to be in line itself with the nature of the players we have. This has to be manifested from the development level,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nts\u030conyana\u2019s own philosophy believes in smart players who play hard, are entertaining and quick, and score goals. \u201cThis is an identity which I suppose could be suitable for our players,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nts\u030conyana believes there is a need for players to play entertaining football as it is the only way to improve the game\u2019s standard and draw more supporters to the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>To his point, one would reminisce back to the Swallows team of 2003 and how they filled the north-western part of Setsoto Stadium during the inaugural year of the then-lucrative Buddie Challenge in 2003. As an underdog team, Swallows went on to win the trophy from the hands of favourites Matlama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard of soccer has fallen drastically because the football played does not give spectators their money\u2019s worth,\u201d Nts\u030conyana says, adding: \u201cIn our days and even in the time before us, the players were very robust and played engaging and entertaining football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The reason why our stadiums remain empty, Nts\u030conyana says, \u201cis the type of boring football we play. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past players like Frisco Khomari, Mochini Matete, Thulo Leboela were worthy of being watched and you have to be entertaining in order to attract people to come to the stadiums, Nts\u030conyana says.<\/p>\n<p>He says a football match is a \u2018show\u2019 meant to entertain the crowd. \u201cIt\u2019s a spectacle!\u201d Nts\u030conyana exclaims. Entertainment would give reason for people to flock to the stadiums like it used to be in the past, he insists.<\/p>\n<p>Back then supporters would follow their teams even during training sessions and would go on to watch the execution of the sessions during match-day on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to play entertaining football and our players need to be faster and score goals because that\u2019s what people pay for,\u201d the former Likuena star says.<\/p>\n<p>For Nts\u030conyana, what is underpinning the lack of progress in local football is a lack of long-term player development structures in order to export players.<\/p>\n<p>He is concerned that there has not been a breakthrough in Lesotho football. \u201cI don\u2019t see drastic measures taken to turn tables around and improve on the standard of football in the country,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I don\u2019t see any change going to happen any time in the near future as there are no structures in place to remedy the status quo. The only way to go is development. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nts\u030conyana says he wishes local football could have the kind of administration which truly has the interests of growing football by taking a leap that catches up with other countries.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that when football was evolving and being industrialised, Lesotho lagged behind and interest in the sport lapsed among Basotho which caused parents to discourage their children from partaking in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe failed by not professionalising football at an early stage,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nts\u030conyana is often found at loggerheads with many in the football fraternity as he tries to propose feasible solutions to grow the sport using his experience in the game. He started playing for the national team, Likuena, in 1992 and spent 12 years in the senior set-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. When comparing the football of today and yesteryear, Lesotho legend Teele Nts\u030conyana says the country\u2019s standards have deteriorated. 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