Kaizer Chiefs’ new season signings Matlou, Du Preez and Sithebe are yet to shine as Glamour Boys. Image: @KaizerChiefs / Twitter.
Kaizer Chiefs star told he could NEVER play football again!
These are words you never want to hear as a footballer or as a sportsman. Unfortunately, these are the words that Kaizer Chiefs’ midfielder had to hear!
Kaizer Chiefs’ new season signings Matlou, Du Preez and Sithebe are yet to shine as Glamour Boys. Image: @KaizerChiefs / Twitter.
These are words you never want to hear as a footballer or as a sportsman. Unfortunately, these are the words that Kaizer Chiefs‘ midfielder had to hear!
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Imagine hearing that your career is over.
However, Amakhosi’s midfielder didn’t just accept the news lying down – he fought on!
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George Matlou, one of Amakhosi’s newest recruits, was once told he could never play the beautiful game again.
However, this was before his professional career even began.
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So, what happened?
Matlou was playing in a Metropolitan Cup match, a school tournament hosted at the Nike centre in Pimville, Soweto. Furthermore, he was just a teenager when he suffered an injury that almost ended his football career.
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MATLOU TELLS HIS STORY
Matlou unveils everything that happened on that day:
“We were playing a tournament called Metropolitan, which is a school tournament. We were playing in Pimville at the Nike Centre. In the first five minutes of the game, they passed me the ball on my left-hand side,” Matlou stated on Goal.
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“I pushed the ball once and the second time I pushed it to my right-hand side, trying to cut inside, no one kicked me I was alone, so I just heard the sound of a bone breaking. While I was on the ground, I tried to move my feet, but I could hear the bones were touching each other,” he continued.
“I would say Rhulani Mabasa is the one who told me not to give up. I had a nail [in my leg] so I slept alone. I thought I wouldn’t play football again because that’s what they said at the hospital. It was not an accident. I was on the ground,” Matlou stated.
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However, refused to give up his dream and now he is a playing for one of the biggest teams in South Africa – Chiefs.
Therefore, he went from almost giving up his dream to achieving it, a truly touching and inspirational story that we can all learn from.
