La Passe head coach James Barra has put his side's drubbing to Mamelodi Sundowns into context by revealing his team consists of semi-professionals who are cooks, carpenters are firefighters.
Sundowns ran out comfortable 7-0 winners in their CAF Champions League first-leg second preliminary round at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday.
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"As a coach myself I have learnt a lot [from today's match]," Barra said.
"In our country, we train from Mondays to Fridays only in the afternoon, between 17:00 and 19:00 and during those times, we try to do everything.
"We do not have so many coaches, we don’t have a physical trainer, we don’t have a goalkeeper coach.
"They are few and far between, so we try to do everything ourselves.
"We have different jobs, the players are cooks, carpenters, firefighters, and a few have other various jobs.
"As for me, I am a physical education teacher at a secondary school, and I have a CAF licence.
"The players are forced get salaries from other jobs, and from a football perspective they get allowances from the club."
The second leg gets underway on Friday at Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Kick-off is at 18:00.
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