John Madumo Misses Watching Mamelodi Sundowns Play Live!

John Madumo Misses Watching Mamelodi Sundowns Play Live! The eccentric Sundowns fan has not been in a stadium for just under a year now.

John ‘Black’ Madumo is known for loudly banging his drums at Sundowns matches. This has been an impossible fixture of football across the globe for months now.

Fans have had to accept that watching football on TV is the best option. Since Madumo last attended a Sundowns game, a lot has changed.

Pitso Mosimane left for Al Ahly, while Steve Komphela joined the Sundowns family. The club has seen Anele Ngcongca and Motjeka Madisha pass away in tragic car accidents.

“I was willing to go and bury Anele, but we couldn’t manage to go there because of Covid-19, but I forced myself to go to bury Motjeka Madisha, I was part and parcel of that and I am glad that I went there. My belief is that Anele decided to fetch Madisha and said ‘let’s go to another world’. Anyone can have their different beliefs but that is mine. They were together many times those guys,” Madumo told Phakaaathi.

“It is very sad because we enjoyed being in the stadium a lot and when you are no longer at the stadium, we are not really free because in my entire life, I have never been subjected to this. I love sports.

“I know that every weekend and during the week when I have time I would go watch Sundowns. We have a bit of hope now that they say the vaccine is already here but at the same time, they say the vaccine is fong kong (fake)… we don’t understand because we want to go back to the stadium,” he added.

Sundowns fan favourite Tiyani Mabunda has not made any impression this season for the team. Supporters, including Madumo, have been disappointed not to have seen Tiyani Mabunda feature this season.

“When he is not in the match-day squad, you’d usually spot him up in the stands singing and dancing with the fans. He is also loosely described as the cheerleader of the team. His presence is influential in such a way that former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter named him in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations squad so he could ‘lift the team spirit’.”

“I am not satisfied with what has been happening because I was hoping to see Tiyani Mabunda playing. He is our mentor and he is the mentor of some of the players. If I was at the stadium, I don’t think I was going to tolerate this. They can put him in for at least five minutes or something. I am mad, it makes me crazy,” concluded Madumo.

John Madumo Misses Watching Mamelodi Sundowns Play Live!