The Orlando Pirates team before smashing Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 in Polokwane last weekend. Image: ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix.
Pirates superstar admits to supporting Chiefs
Orlando Pirates‘ Monnapule Saleng is one of the biggest names in the streets of SA now, thanks Mamelodi Sundowns’s slow defends.
The Orlando Pirates team before smashing Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 in Polokwane last weekend. Image: ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix.
Talk about a man of the moment: all hail Monnapule Saleng. The Orlando Pirates star has also revealed a Kaizer Chiefs connection.
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MTN8: MAMELODI SUNDOWNS 0-3 ORLANDO PIRATES
As The South African website reported on Saturday evening, the Sea Robbers fired into the MTN8 final by putting Sundowns to the sword in a 3-0 victory in Polokwane.
Saleng first set-up Kermit Erasmus to head home as early as the eighth minute but none of us expected what he was to do later. Saleng finished the job with a brace in the 83rd minute and stoppage time.
Besides his blazing from right now, there is something else that has caught our attention ahead of the Soweto derby.
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MONNAPULE SALENG REVEALS HISTORY WITH KAIZER CHIEFS
Speaking in an interview ahead of his move from Free State Stars to Pirates in 2021, the Bloemhof-born player revealed which team he supported growing up, and it’s Bucs’ bitter rivals Amakhosi.
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Asked if he had always been a Pirates fan, the 24-year-old said he was a Khosi.
“Did you grow up supporting Pirates?” Veteran local journalist Velile Mnyandu asked.
“No, no [laughs], I grew up supporting Chiefs,” Saleng responded.
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Meanwhile, Saleng is expected to start for Pirates against Chiefs in the Soweto derby this weekend.
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