Manqoba Identifies Marumo Threat Ahead Of CKO Semi Clash

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Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi has praised counterpart Dan Malesela and Marumo Gallants for the brand of football they display and identified individuals who they should be wary of. Mngqithi and Malesela will face off in the semifinals of the Carling Knockout on Sunday, 10 November, at Dr Molemela Stadium with both sides looking to edge closer to their first piece of silverware for the 2024/25 season. Speaking to the media, Mngqithi praised Malesela in how he sets up his team and also reckoned at least six players could pose trouble for them when the two sides meet. “Dan is

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Truter Bemoans Barns Loss To Stellies After Pirates Defeat

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Richards Bay head coach Brandon Truter highlighted the loss of Sanele Barns to Stellenbosch FC as the biggest factor in their goal drought this season. Barns was instrumental in the Natal Rich Boyz team for last season including the promotional playoffs. The 27-year-old was involved in 10 league goals for Bay out of the 24 they scored after 30 games. This season, the KwaZulu-Natal-based side find themselves with only one goal scored after seven league matches as they languish in 12th place just two points above the relegation zone. Truter stated that the matter of not scoring goals at Bay

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Nobody Gave Us A Chance – Larsen

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Magesi FC head coach Clinton Larsen says his charges are beginning to dream after reaching the semifinals of the Carling Knockout Cup in their topflight debut as no one gave them a chance. The Limpopo side eliminated cup kings Orlando Pirates and TS Galaxy on their way to the last four in their first ever topflight season. They travel to Richards Bay this afternoon looking to make a historic cup final with Larsen telling the media in Polokwane on Wednesday how familiar he is as coach with where the club is, comparing it to the 2012 Telkom Knockout Cup that

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Mokwena On Whether He Needs A Local Assistant

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Wydad Athletic Club head coach Rulani Mokwena has responded to questions whether he needs a Moroccan assistant coach as part of his technical team. Mokwena has brought in the likes of Sinethemba Badela as assistant, as well as Sean Louw as goalkeeper coach and Alan Freese as technical advisor, with Sibusiso Makitla as analyst and Sibusiso Mahlangu as fitness coach. With the former Sundowns coach bringing along his own technical team, there have been questions raised whether he should also have a Moroccan assistant. Mokwena didn’t dismiss the idea and explained that he has given his recommendation to the club’s

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Barker Confirms Another Exit To Pirates

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Stellenbosch FC head coach Steve Barker has described Orlando Pirates-bound Ruan Rust as ‘world class’. Rust, who has served as Stellenbosch’s Head of Performance for the last five years, is the second staff member from the Western Cape to join Pirates in recent months, following the Buccaneers’ recruitment of Devon O’Brien. Speaking after Stellenbosch’s 1-1 draw with TS Galaxy on Wednesday, Barker said Rust’s departure is a big loss, but wished the 33-year-old all the best, and said it was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down. “Yeah, look Ruan our head of performance,” Barker said when asked about Rust’s departure

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Riveiro – You Don’t Want To Stop

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Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro admits when a team is in-form players don’t want a break, but it can be important for the congested fixture schedule. Pirates next game will come at the end of November in the CAF Champions League group stage opener against Algerian giants CR Belouizdad. And the break comes off the back of only one defeat in all competitions with 16 matches played, seven consecutive league wins, a new record, the MTN8 title, and the only blip so far being the Carling Knockout Cup exit to Magesi. “That conundrum of the [international] break coming, there’s

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Maema – We Haven’t Seen Anything Like This In SA

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Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Neo Maema feels Lucas Ribeiro Costa is a talent that arguably South African football has never experienced. Costa, 26, is earning widespread plaudits this season, despite showing his quality in his debut campaign, there are already discussions that he’s now one of the best in the league. With Maema playing alongside him over the past year and a half, he’s seen first-hand in matches and training what the Brazilian, who was lured to Sundowns from Belgian club SK Beveren, is capable of. “Lucas is a top player, something we have arguably never seen in this country, you

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Broos – What Sets Makgopa Apart

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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says there will always be a place for Orlando Pirates striker Evidence Makgopa in the national team when circumstances allow. Makgopa has made a return to the national team fold for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Group K double header against Uganda and South Sudan. The towering Buccaneers frontman has been in fine form scoring six times in 13 outings across all competitions this campaign. Broos says besides the fact that he likes Makgopa, the Limpopo-born forward has other qualities most South African players lack and he’s very useful to the team.

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Barker Provides Update On Adams’ Difficult Patch

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Stellenbosch FC head coach Steve Barker admits that influential attacker Jayden Adams is dejected after latest Bafana Bafana snub and being suspended in the Betway Premiership. It’s been a tough few weeks for Adams after he was released from the Bafana Bafana camp last month following what was described as bad behaviour by Hugo Broos before the back-to-back matches against Congo Brazzaville. Since then, the 23-year-old has been in and out of the Stellies squad after recently being shown a red card gainst Richards Bay in the Carling Knockout Cup. Against TS Galaxy in a 1-1 draw, Adams came off

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