Times Of Swaziland: ‘BIRDS’ TO MISS MABILA, ‘BULL’ PLAYERS MOTIVATED

‘BIRDS’ TO MISS MABILA, ‘BULL’ PLAYERS MOTIVATED
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Nimrod Hlophe on 17/12/2022 06:53:00


MBABANE –  Red and white capital giants Mbabane Swallows have been dealt a
major blow ahead of the epic derby clash against sworn rivals Mbabane
Highlanders as defender Sifiso Mabila is ruled out.
The assistant skipper has been nabbed by the yellow card rule, after
accumulating three cautions in their previous MTN Premier League games. Gaffer
Musa Manyatsi revealed that they would miss Mabila during a pre-match conference
ahead of the Mbabane derby, held at Sigwaca House yesterday. “We’ll miss
Mabila in tomorrow’s game, his character as a player and his ability to play
will definitely be missed. On the other hand we have Thabo with an equal depth
because he has played such games of magnitude.
Preparations
Meanwhile, Highlanders’ under pressure coach Dumisane ‘DU’ Makhanaya said
they were done with preparations for the clash today as his players responded
well at training. “It’s a tough game. Each player is self-motivated. We will
be out for a win at all costs and we’ll give the opponents a tough game.
We’ve capable players as we registered 26 players, which makes us covered,
with the few injuries that we have,” the gaffer said. The two capital city
giants will lock horns later today at Mavuso Sports Centre in an epic clash,
which separates families not in the city, but the country at large, kick-off
time 3:30pm.