Orlando Pirates coach Roger de Sa believes South Africa still has a lot of work to do in the developmental side of football in the country.
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De Sa was speaking after his side's 1-0 victory over Free State Stars in the PSL on Saturday as the country gears up for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
"I think it goes down to development," he said.
"I don't think we have genuine development structures where we can coach players from a young 11, 12-year-old to become a professional.
"Ajax [Cape Town] do it now, but that's it. Very few clubs have got that system going.
"We feel it at professional level when they get to the top and we haven't really worked on them.
"That's why we always say that, tactically, we are a poor footballing nation still.
"Technically we're very good, but tactically we're still way behind and it comes out from development structures."
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