Mamelodi Sundowns Latest News: How Goss snitched, Mngqithi says PSL quality has gone down, & more…

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Mamelodi Sundowns Latest News: How Goss snitched, Mngqithi says PSL quality has gone down, & more…

Latest Mamelodi Sundowns news in the last 24 hours including how Ricardo Goss snitched, why Manqoba Mngqithi feels PSL standards have gone down, and more.

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How Goss snitched on Lungu

Former Mamelodi Sundowns striker Kermit Erasmus has opened up on his conversation with Ronwen Williams after his heroic penalty save against Orlando Pirates.

Williams once again stepped up when Sundowns needed him the most saving the penalty as he did in the CAF Champions League final.

After that crucial penalty save, Williams revealed what helped him stop Pirates utility player Ghampani Lungu from scoring from the penalty spot.

The Bafana Bafana captain revealed to Erasmus that, Ricardo Goss helped him as he played with Lungu at Siwelele last season. Goss told Williams which direction the penalty might be kicked to and the Sundowns shot-stopper took the gamble.

“He and Ronwen played together at SuperSport United; he probably knew him as well,” Williams told SuperSport TV.

Ronwen Williams
Ronwen Williams in action – Image: IMAGO

“Just before doing this interview, I was speaking with Ronwen. Goss told him that when he went to his left, he kicked over the goals, and he said to Goss when they were together at Siwelele that Ronwen likes to first faint before he dives; he faints one side and he dives the opposite side.

“Ronwen told me he never fainted at all before he went, and that’s what put Lungu off.”

Ex-Sundowns coach believes PSL standard has dropped

Young Africans FC coach Manqoba Mngqithi believes that the standard of South African football has dropped as the league continues to lose influential coaches.

In the past seasons, several South African coaches left the Betway Premiership to coach outside the country, which shows that the league is being followed by many outside the country.

According to Mngqithi’s observations, the South African football standard has dropped because the league has lost some influential coaches in the past four seasons.

We have witnessed the likes of Rulani Mokwena and Mngqithi, who both won several league titles in South Africa, Barker who took Stellenbosch FC to significant height, all test themselves in top African leagues after leaving Mzansi shores.

Eric Tinkler briefly spent time with Asante Kotoko in Ghana before recently coming back to take up the vacant Durban City job, while Reneilwe Letsholonyane has been appointed as Mochudi Centre Chiefs head coach in Botswana. Thabo Senong is now in Zimbabwe and Benni McCarthy currently leads The Harambee Stars of Kenya.

For Mngqithi, the export of SA coaches to other leagues is a plus though in the same breath feels it has led to a slight decline in the local Mzansi league.

Manqoba Mngqithi - Image: Yanga SC
Manqoba Mngqithi – Image: Yanga SC

“What is happening is [not] beneficial to South Africa because when I look at our Premier League now, I think the standard is dropping slowly because they have lost influential coaches in improving the game, but time is the best judge,” Mngqithi told the media.

“And from where I am sitting, I think it’s not a very positive thing for South Africa but it’s a very positive thing for South African coaches.”

How captaining Simba SC has helped De Reuck

Simba SC defender Rushine De Reuck believes taking on the captain’s armband at the Tanzanian giants has taken his game to the next level.

The defender highlighted that the added responsibility, paired with a positive team environment, has been key to his continued growth as a player.

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