โ ๏ธ For those who want to read more about new
@orlandopirates
signing Deano Van Rooyen, read my exclusive interview from earlier in the year:
โช๏ธ Losing both parents in 2020/21
โช๏ธ Growing up surrounded by gangsterism
โช๏ธ Moving in with cousin Ashley Du Preez
โช๏ธ Walking to training
โ ๏ธ Player Announcement ๐ข
Orlando Pirates Football Club Is pleased to announce the signing of
@van_deano
from
@StellenboschFC
on a 3 year contract ,Welcome to Orlando Pirates Deano! Full
๐ป Full Details ๐๐พ
โซ๏ธโช๏ธ๐ดโญ๏ธ
#OnceAlways
#OrlandoPirates
Gerard Pique is running a 7-a-side league in Spain called
@kingsleague
. The teams have presidents like Aguero and Casillas. This week, a current LaLiga player who wasn't allowed by his club and agent to take part played with a mask and under the name Enigma to hide his identity.
NโGolo Kanteโs father died when he was 11. He worked as a garbage picker as a kid, lost his brother just months before the 2018 World Cup. But he kept on going, won the tournament and received the highest French order today.
Incredible story!
๐ฝ
@lequipe
๐จ Kaizer Chiefs want Nasreddine Nabi. "The Professor" wants his own assistant coach, a goalkeeper coach, and a strength and conditioning coach. Personal talks opened after Nabi secured treble with Yanga on Monday. [
@Lorenz_KO
]
๐จ Pitso Mosimane has once again taken his own technical team along to his new club. Maahier Davids (assistant), Kabelo Rangoaga (conditioning), Musi Matlaba (analyst), Kyle Solomon (analyst) & Hamad Alyami (GK coach all join him at Al Wahda.
Full story:
๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐!
Let's give some credit to our three musketeers in Ivory Coast, who have been traveling near 10,000km to cover
@BafanaBafana
for everyone at home. Other countries have over 100 journalists, who are funded by the FAs, while these
Rooi Mahamutsa was insulted while playing eKasi football in South Africa in October. In February he joined VTM FC in Botswana. Today, he helped them gain promotion to the Premier League for the ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ever.
Respect your legends!
Full story:
"Sometimes in South Africa, we make it seem like a sin for having role models and aspiring to get to the level of giants [like Guardiola]," Rulani Mokwena...
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ โผ๏ธ
Pitso Mosimane has joined four-time United Arab Emirates Pro League champions Al Wahda. The club finished third last season and haven't won the league since 2009/10.
A new "project" for
@TheRealPitso
๐
Full story:
Pep Guardiola has now won 8 out of 10 league titles he has attempted to win:
2008/09: ๐LaLiga
2009/10: ๐LaLiga
2010/11: ๐LaLiga
2011/12: โ
2012/13: sabbatical
2013/14: ๐Bundesliga
2014/15: ๐Bundesliga
2015/16: ๐Bundesliga
2016/17: โ
2017/18: ๐EPL
2018/19: ๐EPL
Desiree Ellis, a three-time CAF Women's Coach of the Year, is forced to warm up a team of SASOL league players instead of her Banyana Banyana team for the FIFA World Cup...
This is so sad to see. ๐๐๐
Itโs quite mind-blowing when you see that both Luxolo Badi and his assistant had a clear view on the penalty incident. Our referees need to do better. There are no excuses. Simple.
๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐
โAll the best for the game, every single South African is behind them and wants them to give it their all.
โYouโve made us very proud so far, now go and give it all you got and an AFCON final place awaits you!
โ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ
Al Ahli with Firmino, Mahrez, Saint-Maximin, Veiga, Kessie, Ibanez, Demiral and Mendy just lost 5-1 to Al-Fateh after spending โฌ184 millionโฆ
Imagine what Pitso Mosimane (who wasnโt paid for the last 6 months) could do with these players ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
๐จ Pitso Mosimane ๐คฃ๐
โIn six months Iโve never been paid [by Al Ahli]. Maybe they can take 1% of Benzemaโs salary and pay me.โ
๐ฅ
@iBaVFL
The Raja player who prevented Ali Maaloul from scoring the rebound was already in the box before the Al Ahly player kicked the penalty. Why is there no VAR review?
#TotalEnergiesCAFCL
A young African coach, a former player of the club, the first coach to have come through the club's youth ranks to be named head coach, a coach wanted by fans ahead of the season... Attacked by the club's own fans.
A sad, sad day for Kaizer Chiefs and SA football. ๐๐๐
SAFA themselves have published a Circular from FIFA, which clearly states:
1) "Each member association receives $1,56m (R30m) for the group stages" to "cover tournament-related costs".
2) Each player receives "performance-based funding of $30,000 (R565k) for the group stages".
Politics and sport shouldn't mix, but in South Africa they like to politicise the beautiful game. One of the many reasons why we're going nowhere... Correct me if I'm wrong, but was the minister in the dressing room when the Springboks lost to Ireland?
Mamelodi Sundowns are unbeaten in the league and add players worth โฌ5.05 million (R103 million) in January:
โ Matรญas Esquivel (โฌ2.2m)
โ Tashreeq Matthews (โฌ1.8m)
โ Thembinkosi Lorch (โฌ650k)
โ Zuko Mdunyelwa (โฌ400k)
#Sundowns
๐จ Rulani Mokwena signed his new four-year deal this morning. Steve Komphela remains First Team Coach and Manqoba Mngqithi stays Senior Coach, while Kennedy Mweene will serve as an assistant goalkeeper coach to Wendell Robinson. [
@Lorenz_KO
]
Full story:
@KingsLeague
The
@KingsLeague
has different rules like kick-offs in waterpolo style, unlimited subs, sin bins for yellow/red cards. There is VAR but decided by teams. Penalty shootouts are via runs from the halfway line (ice hockey-style) & there are 5 "golden cards".
When you think it can't even get worse, now SAFA are not allowing Banyana's real Women's World Cup squad to attend the game...
THESE ARE WAFCON CHAMPIONS, SHOW THEM RESPECT!!!
For the record: I personally did NOT vote, but in my humble opinion, Monnapule Saleng was the PSL Footballer of the Season - he had a great DStv Premiership campaign (2nd-most goals, joint-most assists), incredible in MTN8 and also influential in Nedbank Cup, won 2 trophies. ๐
31 May 2002: Aliou Cisse captains
#Senegal
during first ever
#WorldCup
win in opener against France
19 June 2018: Aliou Cisse coaches Senegal during first 2018 World Cup win in opener against Poland
#POLSEN
What a legend ๐
Harry Kane was injured for 91 days in 2018/19, missing 17 games, and did not win any trophy, but made Fifaโs
#TheBest
shortlist ahead of Bernardo Silva, who won the domestic treble with Man City and was named Player of the UEFA Nations League. ๐คทโโ๐คทโโ
#Ronaldo
only the SECOND player to score in 9 successive major tournaments, joining Africaโs
@ASAMOAH_GYAN3
RONALDO
2004 Euro,06 WC,08 Euro,10 WC,12 Euro,14 WC,16 Euro,17 Confed,18 WC
GYAN
2006 WC,08 AFCON,10 AFCON,10 WC,12 AFCON,13 AFCON,14 WC,15 AFCON,17 AFCON
[
@OtiAdjei
]
Portugal in 83 years before Cristiano Ronaldo: 0โฃ trophies โ
Portugal in 16 years with Cristiano Ronaldo:
2โฃ trophies ๐๐
Talk about writing history for your country!
โผ๏ธ FIFA has ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ every player taking part in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup $30,000 (R565,000). Every player, not just Banyana. SAFA cannot run away from this.
The ladies must stand their ground.
Here it is in black and white:
@SAFPU_Official
president Thulaganyo Gaoshubelwa is at the team hotel and says that Danny Jordan has personally selected a team to play this afternoon, calls on the masses to assist Banyana
@zizikodwa
Here is an overview of
@Cristiano
and
@ASAMOAH_GYAN3
โs goals at major tournaments.
#Ronaldo
WASN'T the first to score in nine successive tournaments, Gyan was!
Disregarding AFCON, Africaโs continental championship, is like disregarding the Euro or Copa America ๐ค
Gavi 17 years
Pedri 19 years
Ansu Fati 19 years
Nico Gonzalez 20 years
Eric Garcia 21 years
Sergino Dest 21 years
Riqui Puig 22 years
Oscar Mingueza 22 years
Ronald Araujo 23 years
Frenkie De Jong 24 years
Ousmane Dembele 24 years
Barca have a great foundation to rebuild.
๐ฒ๐ฆMorocco - didn't concede in the group stage, got knocked out โ
๐จ๐ฒCameroon - didnโt concede in the group stage, got knocked out โ
๐ช๐ฌEgypt - didnโt concede in the group stage, got knocked out โ
Football will kill you!
Out of all the players at Kaizer Chiefs, Sekgota really looks like the one who has improved the most so far under Arthur Zwane. Another assist for him.
#Messi
dragged
#Argentina
to the
#WorldCup
, scoring seven goals, including three in a must-win against Ecuador.
6 our of Argentinaโs 7 wins in qualifiers came with Messi on the pitch. They collected 19 points in 10 games with him and and only 7 in 8 games without him.
#ARGCRO
๐จ Ranga situation explained
[by
@Lorenz_KO
]
- signed pre-contract with Richards Bay
- extension activated by Gallants
- transfer fee to Pirates agreed (as part of Otladisa deal)
- refused Bucs, prefers Yanga or Chiefs
HOLLYWOOD STUFF! ๐
Full story:
๐จ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐:
Orlando Pirates have signed highly-rated All Stars midfielder Siphelo Baloni (23) on a three-year deal. Player can play 10, 8 and 6. Story by
@Makonco_M
โ๏ธ
Aliou Cisse, ladies and gents:
โ Youngest coach at the
#WorldCup
โ only black coach at
#Russia2018
โ only one of two African coaches at the World Cup
โ Least paid coach at the World Cup
Still unbeaten! Take a bow!
#SENJAP
#Senegal
Ria Ledwaba in 2022: "Each of the 40 SAFA NEC members received R500,000 as an 'honorarium' over a four-year cycle (2019 to 2022) plus a R20,000 Christmas bonus."
1) FOURTY NEC MEMBERS โผ๏ธ
2) They can pay themselves this money but not Banyana Banyana?
Mo
#Salah
on track to become the first African to lift the Golden Shoe:
1 Salah 28 goals
2 Messi (Barca) 24 goals
3 Cavani (PSG) 24 goals
4 Immobile (Lazio) 24 goals
5 Kane (Spurs) 24 goals
The SAFA NEC really took the decision that Banyana's players must be "immediately expelled and leave the camp" due to their boycott. These people are in charge of our football, they were dancing in the limelight of the WAFCON winners last year. Now, they treat them like this...
๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed that SAFA's Executive wanted to expel Banyana Banyana's World Cup-bound players for boycotting the warm-up friendly match against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium on Sunday.
๐จ Mamelodi Sundowns have agreed personal terms with Thembinkosi Lorch, and are pushing to get a Deadline Day move over the line. [
@Lorenz_KO
]
Full story: โฆ
๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฌ โผ๏ธ
Luka Madrid, 38, has signed a one-year contract extension with Real Madrid.
He has featured in 534 games so far, winning 26 trophies and 2024/25 will be his 13th season at Madrid.
Africa have their first win at the
#WorldCup
, collected by the only black coach at a tournament. Aliou Cisse is also the youngest coach at
#Russia2018
. This story needs to be told over and over again!
Thank you
#Senegal
, thank you Aliou Cisse ๐ธ๐ณ
#POLSEN
If Ditlhokwe just blocks Shalulile here, closes the path to Petersen the first goal never happens. There is so much more to football than just pointing out the obvious mistakeโฆ
๐จ Haashim Domingo to Raja Athletic Club is very close, I'm told. Only finer details still to be penned out. Seems he will be Josef Zinnbauer's first signing in Morocco.
Full story:
Dear Bloemfontein, if anyone has pictures or videos to share from inside the stadium today that I could use for the main
@iDiskiTimes
account (with credit), please DM me! Thanks ๐
I know the "Coach of the Season" debate will come tomorrow...
The category is called
#DStvPrem
Coach of the Season - it 'only' covers the league and NOT ALL domestic competitions (unlike PSL Footballer of the Season). So it doesn't include MTN8 and Nedbank Cup...
@KingsLeague
Golden cards are selected before the game. They select from 5 cards (but don't know what they are picking): instant penalty, rob a card, remove an opposition player for two minutes, any goal scored in the next minute counts double, and a joker card (pick any of aforementioned)...
The rise of N'Golo Kante is incredible:
2010: French 9th Division
2013: French 3rd Division
2014: French 2nd Division
2015: Ligue1
2016:
#FRA
debut
2016: EPL champion
2016: Lost Euro final
2017: EPL champion
2018: World Cup winner
Never stop dreaming kids!
This is incredibleโผ๏ธ
IF Peter Shalulile would score a brace against Cape Town City tonight, heโd have scored more goals in 2023 than any other player from top leagues worldwide. Right now, heโs one behind Marcus Rashford.
Full story:
Moise Kean's last six Serie A games for Juve:
โฝโฝUdinese
โGenoa
โฝEmpoli
โฝCagliari
โฝMilan
โฝSPAL
They can racially abuse him, but they canโt stop him!
Lucas Moura was not wanted by PSG after they signed Neymar for โฌ222 million, who they bought to win the UEFA Champions League. Now, Lucas Moura has reached more Champions League finals than PSG in their entire historyโฆ Karma ๐
Bafana are not at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and between all PSL teams maybe there 2-3 players will be in Qatar. Yet the whole PSL breaks between 14 November and 22 December. Why?
Rulani Mokwena will reach 50 games for
@Masandawana
on his 1-year anniversary as sole head coach tonight.
His record is really impressive:
๐๏ธ 49 games
โ 35 wins
๐ 11 draws
โ 3 defeats (just 1 after 90 minutes)
โฝ 99-37 goals
๐ 71% win ratio
Continue to rise the bar
"One of the things that I think South African football forgets, which South African football only remembers when it suits them, is that ๐'๐บ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ. And I'm only my first year as head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns. But I've been here as a co-coach for three
@KingsLeague
Each team has 12 players, spots 1-10 are players that signed up (anyone could register). Spots 11 & 12 are fore ex-pros and current pros. Chicharito and former Spain World Cup winner Joan Capdevila took part already... It can only be watched online and had up to 900k viewers...
Belouizdad only conceded 2๏ธโฃ goals in 540 minutes during CAF Champions League group stages. They conceded 3๏ธโฃ goals in 50 minutes against Mamelodi Sundowns.
#Rulaniball
is clear!
๐ฃ
@TheRealPitso
: โIโm Sundowns. I have a relationship with Sundowns. My family is Sundowns. I have people, I have players that I have a relationship with at Sundowns.โ
So Kaizer Chiefs want to catch Mamelodi Sundowns with Swallows and Stellies players, while Orlando Pirates are trying with Baroka and Chippa players. Interesting strategy...
๐จ Hugo Broos wanted to quit as Bafana Bafana coach a day after finishing third at the AFCON.
He cites the constant criticism, the poor treatment by the league and CEO Dr. Khoza as well as wanting to be closer to his family as reasons.
For now, though, he continues and has
๐จ Kaizer Chiefs have agreed terms with midfielder Edson Castillo (29). He represented Venezuela six times, plays Copa Libertadores (South American Champions League). Last game before move to SA vs Boca Juniors. [
@Lorenz_KO
]
@KingsLeague
Fans can vote for some of the rules... Pique teamed up with popular Spanish streamers such as Llanos, who has 8m Instagram followers, to attract a younger audience.
Quite a captivating concept.
All details in this ESPN article:
Only 6 teams scored more goals during the
#AFCON2019Q
than
@BafanaBafana
, none have conceded less. Bafana are one of just five teams to qualify with an unbeaten record. Letโs give praise where itโs due!
#MyBafanaBafana
13 February 2002: Aliou Cisse captains Senegal in their first-ever
#Afcon
final
14 July 2019: Aliou Cisse is the coach who leads
#TerangaLions
into only their second-ever Afcon final
#SENTUN
#AFCON2019
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Richards Bay have sacked Kaitano Tembo on Christmas Day and announced Senior Coach Vusi Vilakazi will take over the first team until further notice.
Raja CA assistant Fadlu Davids recently visited Liverpool's training complex as part of his UEFA Pro License course. One session was held by Jurgen Klopp's assistants Pep Lijnders. Davids will complete his Pro License in July 2024 and be one of the few SA coaches to hold the
โ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ as
@KaizerChiefs
coach:
โช๏ธ Not winning a trophy in 9 years is "๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ"
โช๏ธ He is welcoming the "challenge" to turn the club around
โช๏ธ ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ to fans
โช๏ธ Current players will