Yende encourages gogos to win
The players couldn't contain their excitement at the opportunity to meet and play soccer with the local sports hero.
Tembisa professional soccer player, Mthokozisi Yende, spent a day training with the local Tsogang Basadi FC players at the Makhulong Sports Grounds next to the Makhulong Stadium.
Ecaleni-based, Yende shared his football techniques with the gogos’ team on Wednesday last week.
The players couldn’t contain their excitement at the opportunity to meet and play soccer with the local sports hero.
There were numerous smiles during a one-touch football training session with the former Kaizer Chiefs and Maritzburg United player, Yende.
Yende, who also played for the Tembisa Classics, Free State Stars, University of Pretoria and Moroka Swallows, encouraged the gogos to continue with disciplined training as it will improve their health and fitness.
“It is exciting to see old women considering sport. We are challenged and faced with various chronic diseases that mostly attack our elders. Training gives life. It helps to reduce diseases,” he said.
Yende hopes to bring more professional soccer players to Tembisa.
The founder and coach of Tsogang Basadi FC, Kenneth Sithagu, said they learnt a lot from Yende’s training.
“He motivated the players. After this training I am hoping to win every match we encounter. It felt good to meet with Yende and play football with him. He gave us good lessons. We really appreciate his visits,” he said.
Tembisa Tsogang Basadi FC has won two awards since the club’s inception in 2009.
The team will be facing Bloemfontein gogos in a tournament to be played in Bloemfontein on November 28.
