Orlando Pirates attacker Relebohile Mofokeng is just not displaying us his most capability.
RELEBOHILE MOFOKENG LACKING THE GOALS
Since his senior debut in Might 2023, the 20-year-old Sharpville-born attacker has delivered simply 16 targets in 81 matches for Orlando Pirates. In response to his former youth coach on the Faculty of Excellence, Masimanyane Xali, Mofokeng has much better capability in entrance of purpose.
“The one factor I really feel continues to be lacking from Rele is targets,” Xali advised iDiski Occasions.
“He isn’t scoring sufficient for Pirates. When he was on the Faculty [of Excellence], the boy scored many targets. In his matric yr, he scored 39 targets in about 34 matches. I’d prefer to see him scoring extra at Pirates.
The coach additionally reminisced concerning the early days he noticed the Bafana Bafana worldwide and the way he and different coaches may see his potential.
“I first met him when he was 12 and nonetheless doing Grade 7,” added Xali.
“He would come to the Faculty for coaching on Fridays and performed matches on weekends after which return residence but even in that brief interval, it was clear the boy was a bit particular. As a participant he had nice technical capability and soccer intelligence. I keep in mind one time, the late James Mabena telling me that ‘this boy goes to drive the nation loopy’.
“Rele was nonetheless very younger then, however Coach James may see his potential. And he’s doing precisely that proper now.”
In the meantime, Mofokeng and the Sea Robbers face Pyramids FC within the CAF Champions League second-leg semifinals on Friday. Kick off will likely be at 20:00 from the 30 June Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The primary-leg tie ended 0-0 on the FNB Stadium final Saturday.
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