 Fans heralded Marinica as 'the messiah' upon his appointment, but after just over a month in the hotseat he had to return to Bucharest due to family problems.Former South Africa national team and thenMamelodi Sundowns coach Ted Dumitru commented at the time; "Mario is a very tactical coach and I’m convinced that he would have turned the team around.He has very strong scientific aspects of hard performance in football."