Orlando Pirates have failed to deliver timely information to Bafana Bafana, according to coach Hugo Broos.
PATRICK MASWANGANYI INJURED
The Orlando Pirates attacking midfielder was called up to the national side last week ahead of Sunday’s camp. According to Broos, Maswanganyi suffered an injury on Saturday before facing Sundowns on Sunday. The Sea Robbers only sent the news to Bafana Bafana on Monday evening.
“If my information is right, he was injured on Saturday already at training or something, I don’t know,” said Broos via FARPost. “So everybody knew that Patrick was with the national team. I thought at that moment they would call and say look, ‘Maswanganyi is injured and can’t play tomorrow [Sunday]. He can’t be in the camp’.
“That gives us more time to look for another player. So this morning, with all the other problems, we had to call him [Rodney Maphangule], and we are lucky that he is staying here in Polokwane. Imagine if he was coming from Chippa or whatever. That we had to wait, that means he would only arrive tomorrow here [in Polokwane].
“So yeah, a little bit more occupied with the fact that your player can play, injured or not injured, just give the information. You don’t have to call me. Call the [SAFA] team doctor [Thulani Ngwenya] and say, ‘Look, there is a problem with Patrick. He is not ready for the camp, okay?’
“But then we have to wait and wait. Last night at 20:00, I received a call from the team saying Patrick was injured.
“We don’t know, so just give information. What’s wrong with giving information to the team doctor? If they don’t want to give it to me, call the team doctor. It’s so easy, and it helps us a lot when we know it at the right moment,” Broos concluded.
In the meantime, Broos has called up Polokwane City’s Rodney Maphangule to replace Maswanganyi.
ORLANDO PIRATES TO UNLEASH YANGA MADIBA
Orlando Pirates supporters can expect another new face from the Sea Robbers‘ reserve team.
According to Soccer Laduma, the 23-year-old left-winger/left-back has been impressing coach Riveiro at the Rand Stadium training ground. The report believes Madiba will be given his Orlando Pirates debut before the end of the season in June.
CLUB DEBUTANTS THIS SEASON:
- Mbekezeli Mbokazi – Left Central Defender.
- Mohau Nkota – Winger
- Boitumelo Radiopane – Striker
- Azola Tshobeni – Attacking Midfielder
- Siyabonga Ndlozi – Right-Back/Central Defender
WHICH PLAYER HAS IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST?
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