Mahlambi was never coached properly‚ says Pitso Mosimane
The Sundowns coach says his star player on Saturday is a long way from becoming a complete player
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has never been one to mince his words and continued in that vein when he said star player Phakamani Mahlambi was never coached properly. A forthright Mosimane said Mahlambi is a long way from becoming a complete player and he still needs to work very hard on the deceptive star who scored against former club Bidvest Wits in a 1-1 drawn Premiership match in Milpark on Saturday. “Ey Phaka [Mahlambi]‚ ey I have a lot of work to do with Phaka‚” Mosimane said. Mahlambi‚ who won the Young Premiership Player of the Year gong after winning the league title with Wits in 2016/17 season‚ joined Sundowns in July 2018 from Egyptian giants Al Ahly after struggling to cement a place with the North African powerhouse. “Phaka … eish he’s raw‚ raw‚ raw. Phaka we are starting to coach him on how to play football at the club. Of course he’s got the speed‚ he can shoot and he can score. And we wanted Phaka’s speed to get behind Wits.
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