Black Leopards captain Thendo Mukumela has revealed how former Bafana Bafana shot stopper Simon Gopane made it easy for him to shift from being an on-field player to a temporary goalkeeper.
Mukumela was forced to play as a goalkeeper for Black Leopards in their first four matches of the Motsepe Foundation Championship season.
This is after the club has faced challenges in registering newly signed players. In the four games that Mukumela played in, he conceded seven goals.
However, the former Mamelodi Sundowns player has given credit to Leopards goalkeeper coach for making the temporary transition easier.
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“He was very helpful. He is a very patient man, and he believed in me,” Mukumela told FARPost.
“So I think that also helped me, and he also went through the faces with me. We started slow, adjusting, going back and I was almost as good as some ABC Motsepe League goalkeepers.
“So I think his influence was massive. It was also easy to learn because he also played professionally for Bafana Bafana, and that helped a lot,” he added.
