Pirates’ Monyane explains why he dodged Sundowns’ Mokwena at MTN8 clash

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Exciting Orlando Pirates right-back Thabiso Monyane has explained why he avoided speaking to Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena, who played a crucial role in the player’s career, ahead of the two sides recent MTN8 match.

Monyane is expected to line up on Bucs' right flank when they meet Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium in Saturday'sDStv Premiership match-up. It is the first Soweto derby to be played in front of a crowd since the onset of Covid-19 in South Africa in March 2020.

Former Pirates assistant and caretaker coach Mokwena has made public his belief in South Africa Under-23 international Monyane’s talent. Mokwena, then Bucs' assistant coach, along with head coach Milutin Sredojevic, gave Monyane his senior football debut in a 3-1 Premiership win against Bloemfontein in the Soweto giants' first game of the 2019-20 season.

Monyane, 22, revealed Downs coach Mokwena tried to have a word with his ex-player ahead of the sold-out MTN8 semifinal first leg at Orlando Stadium on October 1, a 0-0 draw. Bucs won Saturday's second leg in Polokwane 3-0 to reach the final. “He [Mokwena] promoted me with coach 'Micho' [Sredojevic]. And I remember in the first leg of the Sundowns game he tried to talk to me but I didn’t want him to get into my head,” Monyane said during the Pirates’ partnership announcement with new accommodation partner Marriott Bonvoy on Tuesday.

 

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