MAMELODI SUNDOWNS (1) 2 Letlhaku 26, 68 POLOKWANE CITY 0 DAVID Notoane – the Mamelodi Sundowns Diski Challenge team coach – said the other day that Kutlwano Letlhaku is a fantastic player with a great future. Well, the future is now. No need for the teenager to wait until he is much older to show his class, right? Not when the likes of Relebohile Mofokeng, Mduduzi Vilakazi and Mohau Nkota have been showing that age is not a factor when it comes to performing at the highest level.
It is the season for the teenagers, and Letlhaku raised his hand in emphatic fashion at Loftus Versfeld on Wednesday night, scoring a brace as Sundowns gained sweet revenge with a 2-0 win over a Polokwane City side that distracted their championship defence by beating them at the old Peter Mokaba Stadium 10 days prior. The youngster had scored in cup matches, but was yet to open his account in the league. He did so in style on Wednesday, finding the net in both halves with left-footed strikes which would have been applauded by some of the greatest lefties the game has seen.
On both occasions he was set up by Arthur Sales, the Brazilian making a slick back-heel pass to find the youngster on 26...
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