Orlando Pirates’ Relebohile Mofokeng scored a fine finish as Bafana Bafana beat Lesotho 2-0 last Friday in Polokwane.
MAN OF THE MATCH
Coach Hugo Broos believes that the Orlando Pirates attacker was ready for what was a timely opportunity.
“He played a very good game and this is what we need. When you put a young guy in the team as a coach, you have to always think that he can succeed,” Broos said via FARPost. “When he doesn’t succeed, imagine if ‘Rele’ had a bad game and everybody would start saying maybe it’s too soon, maybe he’s not so good, blah! blah!
“So, you have to help the player a little bit. I think I did that today [Friday] with Rele. Also, this was a good opponent [Lesotho] to do that, you can’t do that against Nigeria or you can’t do that for the first time in Benin because those are different games.
“From my side, I have to watch and see what is the right moment. But today, you saw ‘Rele’ how he was so confident and he confirmed it. I’m very happy with it.”
IS JOSE RIVEIRO LEAVING ORLANDO PIRATES?
Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro will possibly leave the Sea Robbers when the season ends in June.
The Spaniard joined the Soweto giants in June 2022 while his family remained in Spain. Despite the legendary success of three MTN8 trophies and two Nedbank Cup titles, the Orlando Pirates coach recently suggested that his family has been missing him. Following the rapidly growing whispers about Riveiro’s departure at the end of the season, the club have released an honest video about the possibility. “Whether the coach will leave at the end of the season or he’s staying is anybody’s guess currently,” the club’s assistant coach Mandla Ncikazi told the club’s media.
“It won’t sit well with us if he leaves,” captain Tapelo Xoki added. “It will unsettle a lot of things. I hope he doesn’t leave.” Ncikazi further added: “Working in football is like checking in the hotel. Others stay for one day, and others stay for a month. At the end, we all check out.”
ORLANDO PIRATES TO UNLEASH YANGA MADIBA
Orlando Pirates supporters can expect another new face from the Sea Robbers‘ reserve team.
According to Soccer Laduma, the 23-year-old left-winger/left-back has been impressing coach Riveiro at the Rand Stadium training ground. The report believes Madiba will be given his Orlando Pirates debut before the end of the season in June.
CLUB DEBUTANTS THIS SEASON:
- Mbekezeli Mbokazi – Left Central Defender.
- Mohau Nkota – Winger
- Boitumelo Radiopane – Striker
- Azola Tshobeni – Attacking Midfielder
- Siyabonga Ndlozi – Right-Back/Central Defender
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