Ouaddou’s role in the deadly Appollis and Mofokeng combination

Between the two of them, they have made a combined contribution towards 39 goals this season across all competitions. 

"It's obviously vey exciting. When I came here, we spoke about the partnership and as you can see, things are working for us on the field, but we have to give credit to the players as well because they are making us grow and improve."

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From the beginning of the season, there have always been signs that the combination of Appollis and Mofokeng was going to give some teams sleepless nights. 

The former Polokwane City attacker says Mofokeng’s adaptation to his new role playing as a no.10 has added to his transformation on the pitch, as he credits coach Abdeslam Ouaddou’s role in this...

"If there's one thing coach always wants from us as wingers, it is to work hard and assist defensively, and I think most of the wingers have improved in that part of the game."

Pirates recorded one of their biggest wins in the Soweto derby recently, hammering Chiefs 3-0 in February. 

"The previous game was a difficult one, although we took our chances and managed to get a victory, and going into this second derby we know it's going to be very difficult. We are focusing on one game at a time, and our focus right now is directly on Sunday."

Appollis has also weighed in on last weekend’s goal of Mofokeng, which was well assisted by Nkosikhona Ndaba, and interestingly, he says this was also something that comes straight from the training ground...