Highlands Park’s lethal striking partnership set to terrorise defenders in the Absa Premiership
LINKSFIELD – Highland Park's Mothobi Mvala and Rodney Ramagalela hope to form a formidable striking partnership that will carry the team to new heights.
A deadly striking combination is on the cards for Highlands Park FC in the new Absa Premiership season that kicks off in August.
Mothobi Mvala and Rodney Ramagalela are poised to terrorise defenders when the pair takes to the field in a partnership that could yield amazing dividends for the Lions of the North.
Mvala was the team’s leading marksman with eight goals to his credit in the 2018/19 season while the new arrival in the den of the Lions, Ramagalela, better known as Rama-G, was at the peak of his scoring prowess while playing for Polokwane City in the 2017/18 season.
Rama-G has since signed for Highlands for the 2019/20 season, along with five other players, and has vowed to do all he can to deliver the goods for his new team. He also wants to mentor the youngsters in the squad and share his vast knowledge and experience of the game gained over the years since he started playing professional football with Black Leopards in 2009.
“My role at Highlands has been defined mainly as player-coach in the field of play and to mentor the youngsters to ensure their careers blossom. “Yes, I will be expected to deliver the goods in terms of scoring goals so we can collectively take the team to new heights,” he said.
Speaking about his prospects to play for Bafana Bafana, Rama-G said he would continue to work hard and whether he got noticed and selected for the national team is another story. “It is every player’s wish to ultimately represent his country in his career but it’s not something I can moan about for the rest of life.”
His new striking partner, Free State-born Mvala said he welcomed the arrival of a striker of the calibre of Rama-G, whom he said would not just bang in the goals and help take the team to new levels but ‘will also help mould the careers of people like me and others in the team’.
Asked whether he viewed the arrival of Rama-G as a threat to his position, Mvala said, “Far from it. I view Rama-G as an esteemed and professional player who is bringing a wealth of expertise and experience to the team that we can all tap into as youngsters to develop our careers.
“If anything, I view him as being more of a role model and field coach who will guide me and others as we play and tap into his enormous wealth of experience. We all have a duty to deliver the goods for the club and our supporters.”
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