Steve Barker shares mixed feelings after Stellenbosch beat Polokwane City

The side from the Winelands are through to the quarter-finals following their 2-0 win over Rise and Shine, thanks to an own-goal from City defender and captain Bulelani Nikani before winger Devin Titus added a second before half-time.

While impressed with the team's overall display, Barker says he wanted more. 

"Pleased with the result and the performance, I thought, especially in the first half and especially the first 30 minutes, we were difficult to contain," said Barker.

"And I'm a little bit disappointed that maybe we didn't get a second [goal] earlier, Devin [Titus] obviously had the big chance, but I thought we played some really good football.

"It seemed like they struggled to cope with us playing both [Andre] De Jong and [Lesiba] Nku as sort-of false-nine and 10 positions, and then obviously Devin and 'Kaka' [Khomotjo Lekoloane] giving us the legs to get in behind.

"And I thought the two midfielders [Ibrahim] Jabaar and [Genino] Palace really were on top of their game in terms of turnovers and applying pressure in the midfield, and we were a bit unlucky maybe not to get anything from that.

"We were also solid at the back and didn't really give them any opportunities to capitalise. I'm a little bit – I wouldn't say unhappy but, I just thought we took our foot a little bit off the pedal and should have just nailed and buried the game with the dominance we had."

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