A few months ago, the Bafana Bafana or Boys Boys, had thier captain changed overnight by a vote of the players. The player that lost got all huffy, packed his bags and said that he is retiring from international football. As we all know, the team played rather poorly, in fact, they were the worst team EVER to play in the African Nations Cup. EVER!!!
The coach of the tournament, who was a quick stand in because the old coach left, was fired as well, but not after fighting, I might add. That same coach was part of the team to choose a new coach to take the Boys Boys to World Cup 2010. The one being held in South Africa. The name of the new coach was supposed to have been announced in February/March. It's now May and we have a shortlist of names. As SAFA go on and on about the process, good coaches are being snapped up by other nations and clubs, so the answer is probably there already. We will take the coach that no one else wants.
But I digress.
Another stand in coach has been asked to step in on very short notice and supply a team to play in a mini COSAFA Cup tournament on the 20th of May. The same day as the ABSA Cup final in which two of the best teams in the country will battle it out for millions of Rand. BTW, the Boys Boys team are still not in tarining together with only two weeks to go before the tournament.
The ex-captain, the one who said that he was retiring, (You still with me?) is now coming back to the side. That is another story. He was contacted by the new stand in/stand in coach and asked if he would play if he was selected. Aaron said yes, but terms would have to be drawn up. Pitso then announces the squad to the world but doesn't tell Aaron that he is in the side. A collegue calls Aaron, the new/old captain to get an interview and Aaron knows nothing about being in the side.
So, after a few days of negotiations, Aaron agrees to play one of the two matches over the weekend of the 20th of May. NOW......Today a story comes over that Aaron will not be playing anymore.
Bafana Bafana defender Aaron Mokoena left Ewood Park on crutches after being stretched off from Blackburn's 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday with a serious leg injury.
Mokoena was just eight minutes into his 20th Premiership start for Mark Hughes's Uefa Cup qualifiers when he was hurt trying to block an effort by City's former England under-21 international Joey Barton.
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes admitted he was seriously concerned at the time for Mokoena.
But he is confident the £300 000 (about R3,4-million) signing from Genk will make a full recovery over summer and be fit for the start of pre-season training in July.
That's right. Aaron will NOT be coming to the COSAFA Cup mini-tournament, he will not be captaining the side and if Boys Boys were in the World Cup, he would not be there either.
Now the stand in/stand in coach has to find a stand in/stand in captain for a tournament thatno good players will be playing in and none of the players want to play in anyway.
Don't you just love South African soccer?
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