Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi has explained the role of Wendell Robinson at Chloorkop after being listed as an assistant coach during the Betway Premiership match against Sekhukhune United on Saturday.
The Brazilians returned to winning ways when they beat Sekhukhune by 3-0 at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium at the weekend, moving to the top of the standings.
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Masandawana assistant coach Romain Folz was a notable absentee during the match, while Kennedy Mweene was named goalkeeper coach on the bench.
Mngqithi has revealed that Folz is currently away on a coaching course and hence has been replaced by Robinson as assistant coach at the club.
"He has always been an assistant coach, but he is also a goalkeeper coach," explained Mngqithi, addressing a KickOff enquiry at the post-match press conference, regarding the role occupied by the former Moroka Swallows net-minder.
"He has always been. Remember that this time around, we didn't have Romain on the bench because he is doing his coaching course.
"So, in terms of the number of the people you can have on the bench, now we had a gap to add another one on the bench because normally Kennedy Mweene is not on the bench. So, because Romain is not there, it was a natural movement.
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"But for him to be an assistant coach, he has always played that role since coach Pitso's [Mosimane] time. He has always been amongst the coaches. He is a qualified coach, by the way. It's not that we trying to push him", he added.
Meanwhile, the Betway Premiership match between Sundowns and Chippa United, which was set to be played at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium on December 10, has been postponed.
Sundowns will travel to Morocco to face FAR Rabat in the CAF Champions League match on Saturday.