Bucs goalie won’t vote for peer

ORLANDO Pirates goalkeeper Jackson Mabokgwane will not be voting for his PSL rival‚ Baroka FC keeper Oscarine Masuluke‚ who has been nominated for Fifa’s Puskas Award for goal of the year for 2016.

Masuluke’s bicycle kick from the edge of the area in the dying seconds of Baroka’s 1-1 league draw against Pirates in November drew the worldwide attention of football lovers despite losing out in the PSL Awards last season.

In an interview on PowerFM yesterday‚ 29-year-old Bucs shotstopper Mabokgwane said he would not vote for Masuluke’s goal‚ which this week made the final three shortlist from the original 12 nominations.

“I’m a football player, I don’t go around voting. Voting is for supporters‚ it’s for fans‚ people should vote for him if they like the goal‚” he said.

Mabokgwane also expressed reservations that Masuluke should necessarily have received the man-of-the-match award in the game in question.

“Funnily enough, I was actually named man-of-the-match in that game but after his goal they changed it to him‚” he told the station.

“It was a corner kick‚ I came out to punch the ball‚ it fell for him. I got a fingertip to it but it wasn’t enough. We are happy that he’s made it [to the Puskas last three].

“I even went to congratulate him after the game. It’s one of those goals that you see once in a while and we wish him all the best at the awards.”