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AmaZulu head coach Pablo Franco Martin is pleased that his side were able to progress further in the Nedbank Cup than they did last season. Junior Dion and Victor Letsoalo scored in the 2-0 win against Sekhukhune United in the last 16 round to progress to the quarter-finals in Polokwane...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin has explained how his side can beat in-form Sekhukhune United in the Last-16 of the Nedbank Cup in Polokwane on Thursday evening. Martin’s side saw off provincial rivals Royal AM, while Sekhukhune needed penalties against Highlands Park to progress from the first round. Babina Noko...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin says though he is a little bit surprised and sad that Veli Mothwa is not in the recently announced Bafana Bafana squad, he understands where Hugo Broos is coming from. The Bafana coach named the squad to play in the FIFA series international friendlies in...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin was pleased to see players back like Victor Letsoalo and Veli Mothwa who haven’t really enjoyed much game time maximise playing opportunities. The coach was referring to the likes of striker Victor Letsoalo who started ahead of Junior Dion who fell dizzy just before kick-off...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin sounded like someone who is out for revenge against Mamelodi Sundowns, looking at how his side lost in the first round in December in Durban.   Usuthu were denied a legitimate goal against Sundowns at King Zwelithini Stadium in December when Hendrick Ekstein appeared to...

Pool chemical reactions from a hotel in Cape Town have infected AmaZulu camp, leaving a few players with red, irritated eyes and unable to see completely this past weekend.   The players affected were Abbubaker Mobara, George Maluleka and Riaan Hanamub, who are said to have spent too much time...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin feels his defender Taariq Fielies was unlucky not to form part of the Bafana Bafana squad that is going to the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast in the coming weeks.   Fielies has been a warrior for Usuthu since his shock move from...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin cleverly ducked the question that the club is interested in two Moroka Swallows players – striker Tshegofatso Mabasa and defender Bongani Sam.  Swallows chairman David Mogashoa told iDiski Times that Orlando Pirates, who Sam and Mabasa belong to, are "in talks" with AmaZulu over the...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin did not want to comment when asked if left-back Sibusiso Mabiliso would ever play for the club again.   According to iDiski Times sources, Mabiliso was suspended after an alleged GBV incident and the club decide to sideline him from all football activity until further...

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin says finishing a difficult first round of 2023/24 in the Premier Soccer League with 19 points should make the club happy.   Martin counted what they went through as a club, signing a striker Victorien Adebayor of Niger, who never arrived, with the club stating...