"Proud moment" former Orlando Pirates player advises his brother after the debut of Bafana Bafana!

After they won the next match at the expense of Lesotho by two goals to zero, Hugo Broos took out the big star Percy Tau and inserted a young star in his place for the debut with the national team. Rodney Maphangule, who arrived at the national team after the sudden exclusion of Orlando Pirates star Patrick Maswanganyi, who suffered an injury and subsequently left the national team mission.

Details: After Rodney's participation for the first time with Bafana Bafana, his older brother and the former star of Polokwane City FC, Meshack Maphangule, expressed his great happiness and great pride in his brother at this moment, which, according to him, is a point of pride for the whole family and how happy they are with what their little one has achieved as well.

“I was really excited when he got onto that pitch. But my excitement didn’t just start on Friday but from the day that he was included in the preliminary squad, I encouraged him to keep pushing even if he didn’t make the final squad. He missed out before, but I am very proud now that he was finally in the actual squad and also played.

Meshack Maphangule said.

The former Chiba United star also shared some tips he previously gave his brother to improve what he has to do, saying:

He has improved a lot, but there is also room for more improvement, especially in the position that he plays in [midfield]. I have told him before what he needs to work on, especially ball distribution, I have told him to also utilise long balls, not only short passes because he is good at that. He has improved a lot in terms of marking. At first, he was not as tough as he is now in terms of marking but he has made a huge improvement.

Meshack Maphangule said.