Zakhele Lepasa Hits Ronaldo’s Siuu Celebration After Scoring for Orlando Pirates

Zakhele Lepasa Hits Ronaldo’s Siuu Celebration After Scoring for Orlando Pirates

Byron Pillay
August 12, 2023 at 5:31 PM
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  • Zakhele Lepasa has now scored four goals in his last two games for Orlando Pirates
  • Lepasa used Cristiano Ronaldo's trademark celebration to mark his goal for Pirates
  • Lepasa previously paid tribute to former coach Clive Barker by using his iconic celebration

Cristiano Ronaldo’s influence continues to spread.

Other footballers often use the Portuguese superstar’s trademark celebration, and now it’s made its way to South Africa.

Zakhele Lepasa poses after scoring.
Zakhele Lepasa used Cristiano Ronaldo's trademark celebration to mark his goal for Orlando Pirates. Image: @iDiskiTimes.
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Orlando Pirates’ Zakhele Lepasa hit the famous Siuuu celebration as he scored the team’s opening goal against Sekhukhune United in the MTN 8.

The defending champions took the lead after Patrick Maswanganyi pressured the Sekhukhune defence into a mistake and set up Lepasa.

The Bafana striker made no mistake from close range and then celebrated in style, breaking out the Siuuu.

Lepasa then grabbed another goal in the second half, as he was in the right place at the right time. Monnapule Saleng smashed a ball into the goalpost, rebounding into the path of Lepasa, who didn’t need to do anything.

His second goal meant that he has now scored four goals in just two games after scoring a brace against Royal AM in the DStv Premiership.

It's not the first time that Lepasa has used his celebration to pay tribute to an icon. After scoring for Bafana Bafana, he broke out Clive Barker’s trademark celebration to honour the former coach.

Lepasa pays tribute to Barker

Bafana Bafana have paid tribute to former coach Clive Barker in the best possible way.

Not only did South Africa beat Morocco in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, but the manner in which they did was also reminiscent of the team coached by The Dog.

It was Zakhele Lepasa’s celebration which got people thinking about the former coach. Lepasa ran with his arms outstretched to mark his goal, mimicking Barker’s trademark flying celebration, Sports Brief reported.

Hlongwane uses Ronaldo’s Siuuu celebration

Bongokuhle Hlongwane can't stop scoring.

The former Maritzburg United attacker is in rich scoring form for Minnesota United, having scored four goals in his last two games for the team, Sports Brief reported.

It’s not only his goals that are grabbing attention, his celebrations are as well. After netting a brace, the former Team of Choice attacker broke out Cristiano Ronaldo’s 'Siuuu' celebration.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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