Benni McCarthy can expect the unexpected when he leads his Cape Town City side out against Free State Stars on Wednesday night (7.30 pm).
Stars come to Cape Town Stadium boosted by a 2-1 win over Maritzburg United under new coach Nikola Kavazovic.
The Serbian, in his second match in the PSL since taking over from Luc Eymael last month, got the better of Muhsin Ertugral in his first match in charge of the Team of Choice.
Ea Lla Koto is likely to bring new ideas to the pitch and Benni will have to be aware of any tactical tricks the new man has up his sleeve.
Benni, though, will be confident that his manne can concentrate on their own game and impose their style on their opponents.
BOSS: Free State Stars coach Kavazovic. Photo: BACKPAGEPIX
But he will still be stung by the lapses in concentration that saw them held to a 2-2 draw by Baroka FC last Saturday.
And the coach admits that he won’t be putting any extra pressure on his team after admitting that title talk backfired at the weekend.
Benni told reporters: “It was another big mistake we made as a coaching staff that we brought it up with the players in our team talks‚ about the awareness of our position‚ what’s happening at the top‚ what’s happening at the bottom.
“We thought psychologically that would get the players up for the game against Baroka with so much potential at stake … but then‚ ja‚ I think it backfired.”