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| Antonio Gonzalez Flores, right, in Uganda |
Spain’s Antonio Gonzalez Flores will take
charge of his first game as Sundawana coach on Sunday when Tse Bo Yellow face Likhopo at the LCS Stadium.
Flores arrived in the country last
Thursday and took charge of his first training session on Tuesday.
He has become the only overseas coach in
Lesotho’s top-flight. The only other foreign coach in the Vodacom Premier League
is Bantu’s James Madidilane of South Africa.
The ambitious Butha-Buthe club are owned
by famous traditional healer Thato “Sandawana” Nkone and they said money is not
an issue when it comes to paying for Flores’ services.
“My boss (Nkone) loves football and
wants to change the level of football in the country,” said Sundawana’s acting
communications and marketing manager, Lekena Mohale. “He wants to see his team
improving and reaching a high level in terms of football in the country.
Flores has replaced Lehlohonolo “Freeze”
Ntene who has shifted to assistant coach.
Flores’ only previous experience in African
football came in Uganda where he was appointed as coach of Ugandan Premier League
side Sports Club Villa ahead of the 2015/16 season. However, the Spaniard only last seven
games before returning home.
Nonetheless, Mohale said it would not be
difficult for Flores to adapt to Sundawana because he will be working closely
with Ntene.
The Spaniard takes over with Tse Bo Yellow finally finding the form
that got them their surprise top four place last season. Sundawana are
silently one of the form teams in the Vodacom Premier League at the moment.
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| Sundawana are quietly one of the league's form teams |
Apart from the bad luck of running into
the freight train that is Kick4Life, Sundawana have lost just once in the
last 11 league games. Their 2-1 win over Linare last Sunday was their fourth in
the five games.
Sundawana’s last
five league games
04-12-2017
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Rovers 0-1 Sundawana
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W
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15-01-2017
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Sundawana 1-0 Sky Battalion
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W
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21-01-2017
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Kick4Life 2-0 Sundawana
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L
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29-01-2017
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Sundawana 2-1 LDF
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W
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12-02-2017
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Linare 1-2 Sundawana
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W
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Their run of form has Sundawana (25
points from 17 games) just three points adrift of fourth-placed LCS though Masheshena have played a game less.
On Sunday, Sundawana face a Likhopo side
fighting for their Vodacom Premier League lives. Nevertheless, the last time
the sides met in October, Sundawana ran out comfortable 2-0 winners. Another three
points would be the perfect start to life under Flores.
Weekend Vodacom
Premier League fixtures:
Saturday
LDF
v LMPS (15:00, Ratjomose)
Sky
Battalion v Butha-Buthe Warriors (13:00, LCS Stadium)
Matlama
v LCS (15:00, LCS Stadium)
Sunday
Linare
v Bantu (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Kick4Life
v Liphakoe (13:00, LCS Stadium)
Likhopo
v Sundawana (15:00, LCS Stadium)
Lioli
v Rovers (Postponed)
Vodacom Premier
League standings:
P
|
W
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D
|
L
|
GF
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GA
|
GD
|
Pts.
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1
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Kick4Life
|
17
|
12
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2
|
3
|
35
|
16
|
19
|
38
|
2
|
Bantu
|
17
|
11
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
9
|
23
|
37
|
3
|
Lioli
|
16
|
11
|
2
|
3
|
30
|
8
|
22
|
35
|
4
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LCS
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
22
|
16
|
6
|
28
|
5
|
Sky Battalion
|
17
|
8
|
3
|
6
|
21
|
19
|
2
|
27
|
6
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LMPS
|
17
|
6
|
8
|
3
|
16
|
13
|
3
|
26
|
7
|
Matlama
|
17
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
28
|
11
|
17
|
25
|
8
|
Sundawana
|
17
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
16
|
15
|
1
|
25
|
9
|
Liphakoe
|
16
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
15
|
20
|
-5
|
19
|
10
|
LDF
|
16
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
15
|
15
|
0
|
18
|
11
|
Linare
|
17
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
24
|
29
|
-5
|
14
|
12
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Rovers
|
17
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
13
|
29
|
-16
|
11
|
13
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Likhopo
|
17
|
2
|
3
|
12
|
14
|
29
|
-15
|
9
|
14
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Butha-Buthe Warriors
|
17
|
0
|
2
|
15
|
10
|
61
|
-46
|
2
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·
Matlama
docked 3 points
·
LDF
docked 3 points and 3 goals
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