Eric Tinkler has revealed that SuperSport United have shifted their focus to the PSL title, following the disappointment of losing in the Caf Confederation Cup final.

Matsatsantsa lost 2-1 on aggregate against TP Mazembe in their all-important second leg clash at the Lucas Moripe Stadium, which ensured that Mazembe defended their African title.

‘I am looking for a positive response,’ Tinkler told The Star.

‘We’ll see if we can get that in the next couple of days when we play against Ajax [Cape Town]. Then you will know how it has affected the team, emotionally and psychologically.

‘But obviously we plan to make quite a few changes for that game, because we have brought in quite a number of new faces into the squad,’ he added.

Tinkler suggested that he would make a number of changes to his side in their bid to challenge for league honours, in addition to congratulating Mazembe for retaining their Caf title.

‘I think that we need to refresh this squad a little bit. Now we can really start focusing on our league campaign. That becomes the main objective right now.

‘Obviously there’s disappointment from everybody. The players understand the hard work that it has taken to get to this stage.

‘There’s massive disappointment from them and me because when we set out on this journey we wanted to win it, and having to finish as runners-up is a bad feeling.

‘I don’t think that it has anything to do with our lack of experience.

‘I think that it has a lot to do with their experience because we are talking about a team that has won many, many competitions, be it the Champions League or the Confederation Cup.

‘You could see that to a degree in terms of the way they played. You also have to give credit to them.

‘There has to be a winner and a loser. Sadly we were on the losing side.

‘But does that make us a bad team or does that make me a bad coach? I don’t think so. Now we have to put it behind us and move on to focus on our next objective, which is the league,’ he concluded.

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