Ronaldo acknowledges Oscarine Masuluke’s goal, despite losing to Giroud

POLOKWANE – With the entire province, country and continent supporting him, Oscarine Masuluke narrowly missed out on becoming the first African to win the FIFA Puskas Award.

Read more: Baroka FC’s Oscarine Masuluke​ nominated for 2017 FIFA Puskas Award

Giroud came out tops with his ‘scorpion kick’, over Masuluke’s ‘bicycle kick’.

Read more: [WATCH] Baroka FC’s Oscarine Masuluke chats about his Puskas nomination

During the award ceremony, the best player in the world, Christiano Ronaldo gave credit to Masuluke, saying his goal was ‘great’.

Review spoke to Baroka FC’s Marketing Manager, Richard Mashabane who says the team got together to watch the awards last night and they are very proud of Masuluke.

“We are extremely proud of Oscarine. Being the first South African to ever be nominated, he has not only made the country proud but the continent too,” he told Review.

Fans took to Twitter to show their support for the goalkeeper, with many agreeing that he made the country proud.

https://twitter.com/CoolooAfrica/status/922707575258472448

Many others, however, said the reason Oscarine didn’t receive any votes was due to the high cost of data in South Africa.

https://twitter.com/Unathi_007/status/922680394734022657

Despite not winning, all South African’s should be proud of his nomination and for putting the country on the football map.

raeesak@nmgroup.co.za