By Malereko Tae
FROM being the most influential player during his tenure at Orlando Pirates, Linda Mntambo has almost become the forgotten name.
That is primarily due to the injuries he sustained in the game, but that is history now.
Sekhukhune United wouldn’t be sitting top of the DStv Premiership table today if he wasn’t part of the team equation.
Ba Bina Noko are playing a very good football under their new coach Lehlohonolo Seema.
Both Seema and Mntambo picked up the DStv Premiership monthly awards for player and coach in February/March 2024.
After receiving his DStv Premiership Monthly Award, Mntambo said:
“I’m very excited and proud of my achievements for the accolade that I have just received. It comes from the hardwork I have been in putting behind the scenes to get back to full fitness after a long injury,” he said, thanking both his teammates, the medical team and anyone associated with Ba Bina Noko.
Seema, on the other side was also excited having won his first DStv Premiership Coach of the Month award and he promises to work even more harder going forward to ensure the team finishes well come the end of the current premiership season.
Sekhukhune have been doing well collecting maximum points in February/March period winning five out of five matches, scoring 11 goals and only conceding thrice.
Seema received huge praise from the judging panel in the way he has got Ba Bina Noko to play an exciting, free flowing style of football as they beat Richards Bay, Golden Arrows, Royal AM, Moroka Swallows and Orlando Pirates.
However Mntambo, who has missed most of the season owing to injuries, marked his return to action with a consistent run of influential performances by scoring three goals and providing two assists, in crucial victories for his side, earning his first monthly individual award in the league.
This is the first time in the history of the awards that a coach or player from Sekhukhune United win an award.
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