Orlando Pirates handed triple injury boost ahead of DStv Premiership return!

Orlando Pirates have been handed a triple injury boost ahead of the return of the DStv Premiership this weekend, according to reports. 

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Pirates have been playing the majority of this DStv Premiership season without a few key players, but that could be set to change soon. 

A combination of injuries and ill discipline hampering Pirates

It has not only been a whole raft of injuries that have resulted in the loss of certain players for Pirates, however, as the lack of discipline that has been going around in their camp of late, has also attributed to certain key players missing crucial matches for the Buccaneers. 

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The likes of star forward Thembinkosi Lorch, strikers Zakhele Lepasa, Gabadinho Mhango and midfielder Ben Motshwari have been missing in action for the majority of the season for Pirates for various reasons. Lorch suffered a mysterious shoulder injury, Lepasa suffered a serious leg injury that has kept him out for close to a year now, while Mhango and Motshwari’s disciplinary issues have been well documented in the media. 

Additional casualties

Besides the names mentioned above the likes of Innocent Maela and new signing Goodman Mosele have also been recent absentees in the Pirates squad. Ahead of the Sea Robbers’ fixture against Sekhukhune United, the trio of Lorch, Lepasa and Mosele were seen jogging together away from the main group while Mhango was training with the rest of the squad. 

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Now according to a club source speaking to The Citizen, Pirates have already welcomed at least three of those players back to full training.

Club source reveals trio set for imminent return

“Ja, the guys (Lorch, Lepasa and Maela) are back and fully training with the whole squad. It’s good news because you know that we have been struggling with injuries and results have not been going so well for us (Pirates).”  Said the source 

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The Pirates source continued by revealing his delight at the return of the players, having lost them very early in the season. 

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“But these things happen in football, unfortunately for us, it happened in the early stages of the league. Hence I say I’m very happy that they are back and because the team has not been doing good. We are yet to find a perfect starting line-up and we are not even playing the football that we want yet  but it’s going to happen soon, trust me.” 

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The source then continued by sounding a warning shot to all of Pirates’ rivals

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“You see, when everyone has recovered from injuries we will be able to pick a perfect line-up,” concluded the source.