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Dec192024 by adminNo Comments

TERRIBLE FIRST ROUND FOR LINARE

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MASERU- The Bob Maoso-led Linare Football Club has undergone a stretch of bad results in this first round of the 2024/25 season. With a win rate of just 39%, Linare has managed to win only 4 matches out of 11. Of which 6 out of these 11 matches were lost, and the Leribe-based side drew on one occasion. A run of poor results prompted the management of the team to firing their then assistant coach, Freeze Ntene, and was replaced by a league-winning coach, Molebatsi Mothobi. The window period is fast approaching, the coaches will want to add to the squad in an effort to rescue the team on their current dowmward spiralling. At the end of the year 2024, Linare has settled for 11th position. Not only has the team not been able to win games, they have also been struggling to score goa...

Dec172024 by adminNo Comments

JANE REPLACES LINTS’A IN THE FINAL SQUAD

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LIKUENA SQUAD TO FACE ANGOLA GOALKEEPERS Tankiso Chaba (LCS FC) Ntsane Molise (Linare FC) Leluma Mofoka (Matlama FC) DEFENDERS Rethabile Mokokoane (Matlama FC) Mohlomi Makhetha (LCS FC) Rethabile Rasethunts’a (Linare FC) Thabo Mafatle (Bantu FC) Mpho Hlephole (Lioli FC) Thabo Mats’oele (Linare FC) MIDFIELDERS Lisema Lebokollane (Matlama FC) Lehlohonolo Matsau (LDF FC) Jerry Kamela (Lioli FC) Lehlohonolo Fothoane (Bantu FC) Hlompho Kalake (Bantu FC) Ts’epo Toloane (LDF FC) Moteloa Khemisi (Bantu FC) Paseka Maile (Kick4Life Juventude) FORWARDS Jane Thabants’o ( Matlama FC) Katleho Makateng (LDF FC) Keketso Snyders (LCS FC)

Dec162024 by adminNo Comments

“THREE POINTS IS THREE PINTS, NO MATTER HOW YOU WIN” COACH KILLER REFLECTS ON A TOUGH MATCH

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MASERU- In a competitive Women Super League encounter on Sunday, Coach Teboho Takisi, famously known as Coach Killer, expressed his satisfaction after his team managed a hard-fought 3-2 victory against Bokamoso Ladies at Mejametalana Airwing. Speaking after the game, Coach Killer admitted that it was not an easy match, acknowledging the relentless effort of the Bokamoso Ladies players. "This was not an easy game at all. Bokamoso Ladies players were really fighting for these three points, but we managed to contain them and score more goals," he said. The coach revealed the tactical changes he made to stay ahead in the game. "I brought in three young players after halftime to match the speed of Bokamoso Ladies. That change helped us score two quick goals." However, after Bokam...

Dec162024 by adminNo Comments

LDF LADIES COACH CRITISIZES BANTU LADIES BEHAVIOR DURING THE MATCH

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MASERU- LDF Ladies head coach, Lengana Nkhethoa, has expressed disappointment with the behavior of Bantu Ladies FC players during their Women Super League match on Sunday at Mejametalana Airwing. Speaking after the game, Coach Nkhethoa said Bantu players were lying on the ground and laughing in the middle of the match. He believes such actions hurt the reputation of the league and women’s football in Lesotho. “What Bantu FC Ladies players did damages the reputation of our league,” Nkhethoa said. “During the game, their players were lying down and laughing. This is painful because we all want our football to grow, yet some people are damaging its image. That really hurts.” Nkhethoa added that while this behavior was disappointing, it was not the reason LDF Ladies failed to perform ...

Dec152024 by adminNo Comments

LIOLI BEATS LIJABATHO..AT LAST

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MASERU- Two goals in the first half and another one in the second half were enough for Lioli to finally down Lijabatho. The assistant coach of Mahala, as Lijabatho is commonly called, Mohale Mokoena said that the lossbtbey suffered at the hands of the defending champions is very disappointing. "We made elementary mistakes," Mokoena said after the match. "We conceded balls that we could have done better on. Really, we are very disappointed with the results," he said. Lijabatho had enjoyed a run of good results after axing Teele Nts'onyane as their head ciach. However, Mokoena believes that they could have done better today. "All we have to do is to go back, and play again. Otherwise, Lioli ..they deserved it, and well done to them," Mokoena concluded. On the other hand,...

Dec132024 by adminNo Comments

LDF FC COACH RAISES CONCERNS OVER MATSAU ‘S POSITION CHANGE AT NATIONAL TEAM

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MASERU- LDF FC head coach, Malefetsane Pheko, has expressed concerns over the impact of Lehlohonolo Matsau playing as a right back for the national team. Matsau, who is the team's key anchor at LDF FC, has been struggling to perform his usual role at the club after returning from national duty. In a post match interview Pheko said, "When Matsau comes back from the national team, he becomes very defensive on the field and his passing is poor. This is because he plays as a right back for the national team, which is not his natural position." The coach further explained how the position switch disrupts Matsau’s rhythm and affects LDF FC’s performance. "I even showed him during one of our matches where he was not fulfilling his role as an anchor. This change of positions is really aff...

Dec132024 by adminNo Comments

LIOLI FC HEAD COACH FORCED TO CANCEL HIS PLANS.

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MASERU- Lioli FC head coach Motheo Mohapi says he has been forced to stop his plans for the team because the supporters are unhappy with him. Speaking after Lioli FC and LCS FC match, Coach Mohapi said he had a program to help Lioli FC grow. His plans included bringing in young players and changing the team’s playing style to carpet football. However, he feels the fans no longer want him at the club. "There was a program I had drawn, which included introducing new talent and transitioning to carpet football, but now I have to cancel everything because it looks like Lioli supporters no longer want me," he said. The coach explained that last season was phase one of his program. During that time, the team focused on protecting Lioli’s image. This season, phase two started, which focu...

Dec122024 by adminNo Comments

SECKER RECKONS HIS PLAYERS ARE UNMOTIVATED

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MASERU- Lack of consistency for LCS FC has let the head coach Thabile Secker into believing that some of his players are not keen to do their best anymore. This, Secker said after losing by a goal to nil at the hands of Lioli in a mid week catch. “We have a base, because the calibre of players we have, I really don’t know what happens,” Secker said in a post match interview. He said that some of the things he gets to see only in training because they do not camp, and unfortunately circumstances force him to use the very same players who lack enthusiasm. “Some of these players have reached their destination (got their most sought-after jobs), because some are contracted and some are hired (by the LCS institution. The hired ones do not give their all,” he said. He made an exam...

Dec122024 by adminNo Comments

LDF HANDS MANONYANE FIRST HEAVIEST DEFEAT THIS SEASON

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MASERU- LDF FC’s 3-0 win over Manonyane FC yesterday was the visitors’ heaviest defeat this season. Manonyane has had a stellar start to this season, managing to provide a couple of upsets in the process. The head coach of Matlaka, as Manonyane is commonly known, said that their run of good performances and results have made them a target, and are now approached as big fries. Prior to the LDF game, their defeat to Matlama (2-0) was their biggest loss. “We did not do what we agreed upon,” the head coach Teboho Kokome said after losing 3-0. “We are okay, compared to where we expected to be,” Kokome said. He also said that he plans to strengthen his squad when the window period opens in January.

Dec92024 by adminNo Comments

“IT’S TIME TO RECLAIM DIGNITY OF BANTU,” MALAPANE

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MASERU- It was a pivotal moment for Bantu FC this past weekend when they finally defeated LMPS FC in a league encounter after years of trying. In this six-goal thriller, LMPS went down 4-2, and the caretaker coach of the victors, Kabelo Malapane couldn't be more happier. "I told the players that the mentality of losing to LMPS must be completely eliminated," Malapane said. "In football, we don't work like that," he continued. Bantu had to come from a goal down to claim a goal-infested victory. "It is time to reclaim the dignity of Bantu Football Club. With the quality we have, I don't think any team will defeat us easily. "I'm not saying we'll not be defeated, but we won't be defeated easily," Malapane said. He also disclosed that he was afraid that the departure of Ja...