Mokwena celebrates victory against Al Ahly during the CAF Champions League 2022/23 football match between Sundowns and Al Ahly at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa on 11 March 2023 @Gavin Barker/BackpagePix.
PSL coach says Sundowns’ Rhulani for Coach of the Season
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena has earned strong backing from Sekhukune United coach Brandon Truter.
Mokwena celebrates victory against Al Ahly during the CAF Champions League 2022/23 football match between Sundowns and Al Ahly at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa on 11 March 2023 @Gavin Barker/BackpagePix.
According to Brandon Truter, Mamelodi Sundowns’ Rhulani Mokwena has been the best coach in Mzansi.
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Asked if he should be considered for the Premier Soccer League’s Coach of the Season award, the former Swallows FC and AmaZulu coach said Sundowns’ Mokwena has simply been the best.
“I think the coach of the season should be Rulani for what they have achieved – Champions League and also in the league as well, winning with such big margins,” Truter said via iDiskiTimes.
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PETER SHALULILE SHARES HIS SECRET
Sundowns striker Peter Shalulile has revealed why he remains the best – and part of the motivation is Rhulani Mokwena.
Shalulile has officially become a DStv Premiership living legend. The Namibian has reached a milestone in joining the company of scoring legends like Siyabonga Nomvethe and Daniel Mudau.
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Following his superb brace against CR Belouizdad of Algeria in a CAF Champions League quarter-final last Saturday, the 29-year-old from Windhoek marked 100 goals in all club competitions.
The event left Shalulile needing 24 more goals to surpass Nomvethe’s all-time record of 124, and 11 more to overtake the likes of Collins Mbesuma and Daniel Mudau.
According to the former Highlands Park number nine, his coach Rhulani Mokwena regularly drums one key message to him: stay in the kitchen.
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“Coach Rulani [Mokwena] always tells me to stay in the box. The secret for being a good striker is to stay in the box. In the kitchen. And then when the ball comes you are there,” said Shalulile via FARPost.
The Sundowns striker concluded to reveal that the recent slump required nothing but patience.
“…We have been patient, no goal for quite a long time as a team but with patience it paid off.
“But for me, these [milestones] are just rewards and motivation to go on and score more goals,” the Sundowns star added.
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