Africa-Press – Lesotho. Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) held the awards ceremony to honour 2019/20 Econet Premier League (EPL) winners, whose celebration was hindered by the advent of Covid-19 in March 2020.
The event took place at Lesotho Football Association headquarters on Wednesday. The 2019/20 EPL awards was divergent from the previous awards due to the ongoing pandemic of covid-19 that forced Premier League Management
committee to allow only the participants to attend the awarding feast. During the previous awards, fans from different teams were welcome to chant their
football stars as they take their trophies home. Bantu midfielder Litšepe Marabe was the biggest winner, taking home M26, 500 in prize money and trophies.
Marabe won the player of the season award (M10, 000), the golden boot award (M9, 000) and the player’s player of the season award (M7, 500). Bantu goalkeeper, Thabiso Ntsane Lichaba won the EPL
goalkeeper of the season award and pocketed M7, 500 while Bantu head coach, Atang Bob Mafoso walked away with the coach of the season accolade pocketing M7, 500.
Lioli central defender, Tieho Ntulo scooped the young player of the season award and walk away with M5, 000. Lesotho topflight referee Osiase Koto won the Referee of the season award for two consecutive seasons
while Mapoho scooped the assistant Referee of the year award. In an interview with the coach of the season award winner and Bantu Head coach, Atang Bob Mafoso told Informative Sport that the credit
must be dedicated to the technical team. “The team works together as one unit to bring this award back to the team. I am not too excited for the award but
glad to discover that my leadership abilities and skills can lead to the best technical team of the season,” Mafoso said. He further stated that the best coach is not determined by
the winning statistics but by the ability to combine different players with different styles and character to have the similar version that will motivate
players to bring better results. Lioli defender and young player of the season award holder Tieho Ntulo told Informative Sport that beingcrowned the best young player of the season was a huge experience
for him. Ntulo stated that determination and hard work has awarded him with this wonderful crown. ‘’There are a lot of good young players locally but I think what sets me apart is determination. Learning from the mistakes that I made on the pitch influence me to always be at my best,” added Ntulo.
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