Mngqithi Makes Lorch Admission

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Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi praised Thembinkosi Lorch for his performance off the bench in their 5-0 win over Golden Arrows on Saturday.

Masandawana booked their spot in the Carling Knockout quarter-finals with a resounding 5-0 win over Abafana Bes’thende, with Lorch coming off the bench in the 71st minute alongside Teboho Mokoena, while Peter Shalulile came on a few minutes earlier.

After the match, Mngqithi hailed the impact of their substitutes, with three goals being scored after those changes, saying he was very pleased by the showing of Lorch.

“I must say it’s very pleasing to see substitutes really pushing to show what they have for the team,” he told journalists.

“Because we’ve got so many matches and this few minutes that we give them are usually an opportunity for these players to get a full match and try to rest other players that are more established within the group.

“When you see them coming [on] and playing the way they played today – I think against SuperSport we also had some very good substitutions, against Chiefs unfortunately we did not lift the game up with the substitutions – but it was very pleasing to see how the players really showed the hunger to perform [today].

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