{"id":15809,"date":"2022-02-11T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/pirates-coachs-malawian-star-snub-raises-eyebrows"},"modified":"2022-02-11T19:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:23:40","slug":"pirates-coachs-malawian-star-snub-raises-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/pirates-coachs-malawian-star-snub-raises-eyebrows","title":{"rendered":"Pirates coach\u2019s Malawian star snub raises eyebrows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa\u2019s top league team Orlando Pirates coach Mandla Ncikazi has come under fire for snubbing Malawian star Gabadinho Mhango in the team\u2019s game against AmaZulu in the Nedbank Cup on Sunday. Orlando Pirates beat South African legend Benn McCarthy team AmaZulu 1-0.<\/p>\n

In an article carried by Kickoff.com, Ncikazi is quoted as saying DStv Premier League is \u201cbigger\u201d than Afcon, in reference to the Malawian star\u2019s sensational performance in which he scored three goals, including the wonder goal against Morocco in the round of 16.Kickoff.com described the coach\u2019s comments as weird.<\/p>\n

\u201cMandla Ncikazi has provided a bizarre reason behind Gabadinho Mhango\u2019s latest exclusion from the Orlando Pirates squad.<\/b><\/p>\n

A notable absentee during the Buccaneers\u2019 victory was striker Gabadinho Mhango, who was not included in the matchday squad despite impressing for Malawi at the recently-concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon,\u201d reads the article.<\/p>\n

One of the fan blamed the coach, saying it shows that he does not like Mhango. \u201cMandla Ncikazi omments by Mcikazi are showing his bias against Mhango,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another fans also said: \u201dThis one is an enemy to reality. Judging by his utterances, I won\u2019t be shocked if he was telling his players that they are having the season of their lives and are firm favourites to win everything left to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orlando Pirates opened their account in the Nedbank Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over AmaZulu in the Round of 32 on Sunday, courtesy of a solitary goal from Namibia international, Deon Hotto.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old netted three times in the competition as his country reached the Round of 16 but his performances on the continent were not enough to earn him a starting berth upon his return to club action with Pirates.<\/p>\n

\u201cPirates are a big team,\u201d coach Ncikazi said, when asked about Mhango\u2019s exclusion. \u201cYou\u2019ve got strikers, Mhango being one of them, you\u2019ve got [Zakhele] Lepasa, you\u2019ve got [Tshegofatso] Mabasa who was not part of the team, you have [Kwame] Peprah, so it is a galaxy of strikers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe the choice, with respect, the choice at Pirates [was to consider] players who have been preparing for the past weeks whereas Mhango just came back. We know he is a good player so it\u2019s not because anything is wrong with him, it\u2019s just competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, we chose to go with Peprah and Lepasa. He will get his opportunity in due course, he just has to work hard like other players. Mabasa was not part of the team, he couldn\u2019t make the 20 despite being a top player, being a player who is part of the national team.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Mhango will wait like all other players. We recognise and acknowledge his performance at the Afcon but maybe the league in South Africa is bigger than the Afcon, but that is a question for another day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. South Africa\u2019s top league team Orlando Pirates coach Mandla Ncikazi has come under fire for snubbing Malawian star Gabadinho Mhango in the team\u2019s game against AmaZulu in the Nedbank Cup on Sunday. Orlando Pirates beat South African legend Benn McCarthy team AmaZulu 1-0. 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