𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗥𝗢 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 *"If I compare with all the experiences in Europe in my time that I was in Celta Vigo. For example, it's probably the tactical level of the players in the earlier stages is different [Europeans being better]," says José Riveiro, who spent three years in South Africa.* *"But in terms of talent, it is, like I said, something to be proud of [for South Africa], because the type of players that South Africa is producing right now is a difficult type of players, different type of 'animal', you know. It's difficult to find in Europe. For example, where [in Europe] the players are more like pretty much the same all of them... pretty much the same level.* *"I think South African players have something different in the way they understand the game and when you find cases like Rele [Mofokeng] for example, he's an extremely smart boy... it's not only the way he executes, it's [also] the way his brain is working. It helps a lot to boost the process, but he's one out of a thousand, I guess. With all the players when they come to the first team, it takes a little bit of time you know. The talent is there, but they have to do another adaptation that maybe in the future will be done a little bit early, I hope."*