Mamelodi Sundowns face Orlando Pirates in this weekend’s standout PSL fixture fixture. Will Thembinkosi Lorch come back to haunt his old club? How many debutants might we see?
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LORCH IN LINE TO FACE HIS OLD CLUB?
Sundowns and Pirates do battle on Saturday 17 February at 20:00 and the possibility of Thembinkosi Lorch facing his old club is an obvious subplot. Lorch swapped Pirates for Sundowns three weeks ago. Speaking on Radio 2000, Downs coach Rulani Mokwena wasn’t giving much away on the topic.
“He’s (Lorch) training with the team like all the other players and he’s looking okay and there is still a lot of work to be done from a physical perspective,” he said.
“His performances will speak for themselves and he knows that. He’s got the responsibility like a lot of players and at Sundowns meritocracy is very important. Lorch has to work hard like everyone else to earn his place in the team and merit a start.”
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Likely Sundowns XI vs Pirates
Williams; Mudau, De Reuck, Kekana, Modiba; Mokoena; Esquivel, Lorch; Matthews, Ribeiro Costa, Shalulile.
It’s anybody’s guess how Rulani Mokwena might line his side up, such is the wealth of talent at his disposal. It will, of course, be tempting to hand Thembinkosi Lorch a start against the club he left a few weeks ago. The Brazilians’ last league appointment was back on December 30th in a 0-0 draw with Polokwane City. They followed that with an experimental lineup in another goalless stalemate with Cape Town City.
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