Manqoba Mngqithi Praises Andile Jali and Peter Shalulile After Duo Nominated for Premier Soccer League Awards

• Manqoba Mngqithi has praised both Andile Jali and Peter Shalulile after they were nominated for Premier Soccer League awards
• Andile Jali received five nominations and Peter Shalulile received three nominations in the Premier Soccer League awards
• Andile Jali has had an impressive season for Mamelodi Sundowns but has not been selected for the Bafana squad

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) announced their award nominees today and Mamelodi Sundowns dominated the show.

Masandawana duo Andile Jali and Peter Shalulile notched up eight nominations between them.

Jali received five of those nominations, City Press confirmed on its Twitter account.

Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi believes that the nominations are a true reflection of Jali’s performances this season, iDiski Times reported.

“It’s always encouraging when players get selected or nominated for these awards because it shows that they have really helped the team in one way or another in these competitions,” he said.

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Mngqithi said that he believed that Jali deserves to be nominated and Shalulile has been a stalwart for the team.

“Peter’s given his life to the team and no wonder he gets nominated,” he added.

Jali has been in the headlines of late after Hugo Broos announced his 37-man preliminary squad for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers.

The Sundowns captain was once again excluded from the squad, despite his impressive performances. His exclusion has got many people talking and criticising Broos, such as Mike Makaab and Doctor Khumalo.

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It’s no surprise that Mamelodi Sundowns are best represented among the nominees with their coaches and players in the running for some of the categories. Sundowns dominated the DStv Premiership this season, The South African reported.

The full list of nominees in each category can be found on the PSL’s official Twitter account. The organisation also explained how voting in each category would work, Sports Brief earlier reported.