During the Telkom Knockout cup match played at the Peter Mokaba stadium, when Baroka hosted Platinum Stars, an incident occurred there when Bakgaga's exciting winger, Sipho Moeti, was showing his brilliance with the ball using all his body parts except the hands.
Unfortunately for him and his club, the referee of the day opted to book him with a yellow card. Now the question is there anything wrong with our skillful players showboating? Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar do these tricks, and they are called geniuses and receive a round of applause from football fans around the world. During the era of Jomo Sono and Professor Ngubane, there was nothing wrong with showboating as players are expressing themselves and their excellence and tricks with the ball.
Thabo Rakhale, Sipho Moeti, Tshepo Matete, Kabelo Malesela and others need to be encouraged to show the world that we have our own geniuses of Mzansi diski. Let's just hope that even FIFA can find nothing wrong with showboating as every nation has its unique culture and way of football.
Do you think there's anything wrong with showboating?
*This article was written by a Soccer Laduma reader and reflects their opinion, not that of Soccer Laduma.
