Baroka FC boss Khurishi Mphahlele has expressed his admiration for ‘big brother’ Orlando Pirates and its chairman, Dr Irvin Khoza, but has warned they are going for a kill on Saturday.
The Motsepe Foundation Championship side will face The Buccaneers in a Nedbank Cup Last 16 tie at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.
In recent years, Baroka have seen some of their players moving to the Soweto giants. This includes striker Gift Motupa, Thabiso Kutumela, and recently Goodman Mosele, as well as Bafana Bafana striker Evidence Makgopa. ‘Bakgaga’ are also the club where Zimbabwean international Marshall Munetsi spent the 2016/17 season on loan.
KHURISHI MPHAHLELE SHARES ADMIRATION FOR WELL-RUN ORLANDO PIRATES
Mphahlele says he wishes Pirates win more trophies, but unfortunately for the Nedbank Cup as they are facing his side.
“Pirates is a good and well-run team. We wish to be like them. Everybody wants to be like Pirates,” said Mphahlele.
BAROKA FC BOSS SAYS DR IRVIN KHOZA IS A HUMBLE MAN, UNLIKE OTHERS
“The chairman of Pirates is a humble person. We call each other now and then when there is a need. He will never turn you away. If you don’t find him he will come back to you. So to run a team of that magnitude and to find somebody so humble like Dr Irvin Khoza is rare.
“Some other chairmen, you will never even be able to speak to them. They will send you a technical director or a team manager and talk to you about the business of football. So I find that man and that team to be professional,” he said.
“We wish him all the best to win the cups, but unfortunately, he is playing against us on Saturday. We treat ourselves with a development mentality. We learn from them. So, to us, they are our big brothers. So we are going to try and kill our big brothers, even though we don’t want to do that.”
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