Maboe Enjoys Summer In Thailand
SA-based professional footballers normally get a proper break during the winter season but the unfortunate part of it is that they have to stay indoors because of coldness.
Most of them prefer to jet off to other overseas countries where there’s summer so they can take off clothes and enjoy the wet holiday to the fullest.
After celebrating a treble with Mamelodi Sundowns last week, Lebohang Maboe decided to head to Thailand for holiday. There’s absolutely no doubt that any Sundowns player can afford that kind of vacation considering the high salaries they take home monthly.
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Maboe posted a picture of himself on Instagram where he was in one of the coolest places in the world called Phuket – the biggest Island in Thailand and sits on the Andaman sea.
He captioned the picture, “Live, Travel, Tick boxes, Bless, and don’t be apologetic.”
Maboe came back from a long-term injury a few months ago but was still able to retain his regular spot in the starting lineup of Masandawana despite the stiff competition in their squad.
Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi heaped praise on the former Maritzburg United man who accepts any role he’s given at the club. He also explained why the player was thrown to the pitch right away when he returned.
“He is a very intelligent player and he has the willingness to be deployed wherever because other players have an attitude when you play them out of position. If Lebo came to Sundowns as striker and then he says he does not want to play in any other position, who do we do when Peter Shalulile is our main striker?” he asked as per the Citizen.
“It is very important for players to be open minded. Ours as coaches is to guide and mold what we think is important. We knew that we wanted to use Lebo as a central midfielder because his physical and technical attributes match the position. His intellectual capacity to understand situations makes a key member of the club.
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“He is very good at breaking down attacks and his counter-pressing is great. His intensity is very good and his passing game has improved in leaps and bounds. He has the capacity to last the whole game with good actions including short sprint intervals and that makes him an important player for us. If you count his high intensity runs in a match, you will understand how important he is in our playing concept.
“When he came back from his long term injury, I told the other coaches that it feels like we have just signed another player because with Lebo, you are covering a lot of spaces. He can play as a striker, he can play as a winger, can play as an attacking and central midfielder and he has also played as a right back and he can also play as a left back. He is a very important player for us but his main position is central midfield and he has what it takes to give us what we want in our game plan.”
