Relebohile Mofokeng celebrates goal with teammates during the 2025 Carling Knockout Cup final match between Orlando Pirates and Marumo Gallants at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday. Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix “The president (Relebohile Mofokeng) is very important for us,” said Ouaddou. “I love his style, his personality.
He’s someone who lives football. He dreams of football 24 hours a day. When he’s tired, you can see it, but when he’s fit, even at 70%, he changes games.” Mofokeng missed three games in October and early November and that raised speculation that the Bafana Bafana winger could be on his way out of Pirates.
Ouaddou blames fatigue for the youngster’s dip in form, adding that Mofokeng is not a robot, he does get tired.“I cannot say too much about the beginning of the season. For me, when you play many games, qualification for the competition in the national team, I think he did not have a lot of time for rest. He only had 10 days or two weeks and the season before he played, maybe 40 or 45 games.
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“So, he is not a robot. I can understand that he was a bit tired, we gave him some rest, and he came back with very good fitness.” “You can see in the last three, four matches he was part of the success of the team, he got some fantastic assists. You can see the difference between a fit Rele Mofokeng and a tired Rele Mofokeng.
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