Mphatso

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[Royale Union Saint-Gilloise @UnionStGilloise]

Ready for Rele. 💎🤝

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

DRC vs England

[Fredrik @F_Edits]

The winner of every Round of 32 game so far has been the country with the largest land area

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

@LegitSoccerBets Keen to see what you’ve found

[🏆 Actu Foot Afrique @ActuFootAfrique]

🚨🚨 HISTORIQUE !!!

9 DES 10 NATIONS AFRICAINES SE QUALIFIENT POUR LES 1/16 DE LA COUPE DU MONDE 2026 !! ! 🌍🏆🤩

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

@LegitSoccerBets 🫡

[John Perlman @JohnPerlman]

In January 2015 @DreamfieldsP launched our very first DreamLeague at Setlabotjha Primary in Sebokeng. 146 learners signed up for to play 5-a-side football so they could learn the game. Last night in Monterrey one of those boys, Thapelo Maseko, made all our dreams come true

[Blyduma⭐️⭐️ @YellowArmy_7]

You will forever be goated SuperSport United💙

[Lesilo Rula @kay_mahapa]

PSL footballers took us to the World Cup and took us out of our group into the knockout stage. A league in Africa.

Never let that go unsaid. We are doing something right 👏🏾

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Vino Snap 🇿🇦 @snap_vino]

Pass. Mofokeng ➡️ Assist. Moremi ➡️ Goal. Maseko ⚽️
Vaal Connection 🇮🇹
South Africa 1-0 South Korea
MY HEART IS FULL

[Gɪᴠᴇɴ Aʀᴇɴᴀs 🇨🇩 @itsBigSexy_]

Ge ka nahana 3 AM yerrrrrr but asiyeni ke. 😩🇿🇦

[Mena @mena_ishere]

People are treating Cabo Verde like they are not a challenging team simply because they are unfamiliar with the country. Anyone who watched African football for the past 5 years knows they’re one of the teams you’d dread going up against.

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

@BusisiweMotha_ The money in the music industry is in gigs and performances as an artist. And unfortunately for him, he’ll need to go out and perform the songs.

Music streams can only get you so far.

[SBUSISO @SbuMasang]

Ooh man when are we going to move on from this method of scouting talent? 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️‼️

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

@22Ours Ngiyabona🙏🏾

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

Let me try again…

Phiri 8
Away skipa

#SesfikileBafana

[22Ours @22Ours]

It’s Game Day! ⚽️📲

Here are the rules:

1) Follow and like this post
2) Drop your name and preferred number
3) Choose Home or Away skipa 👕 (one per person)
4) Use Hashtag #SesfikileBafana
5)we are only live for the next 90 minutes

example:
Rele 10 Away
#SesfikileBafana

[Lesilo Rula @kay_mahapa]

This is the day the Lord has made.

16 years later, we are back on the greatest stage of them all.

Let’s make history boys! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

A bit of a reach.

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

I don’t have proof, but I believe South Africa was deliberately sabotaged for the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be the most-viewed opening event in television and streaming history.

After having visa issues and being stranded at OR Tambo International Airport, Bafana Bafana arrived in Mexico on 2 June, just nine days before their opening match on Thursday, a day after they were originally scheduled.

Nine days may seem reasonable, but according to sports scientists, this is the worst possible timeframe to arrive in South and Central America before a match.

The issue is that Bafana are hosting their training camp in Pachuca, where the 2400-metre altitude requires at least 14 days of physiological adaptation. At that height, athletes lose about 10% of their maximum oxygen consumption, also known as VO2 max.
To physically adapt to that deficit by stimulating the kidneys to naturally boost red blood cell counts takes a minimum of 14 to 21 days.

Now, it’s possible to arrive at such altitudes and still be fine. However, this requires arriving less than 36 hours before a match. This is the preferred method for single matches, frequently used by visiting teams playing a one-off game at Estadio Azteca, where the opening match will be played. They call this the “hit-and-run” strategy.

The idea is that altitude fatigue and dehydration usually peak between days 2 and 5 after landing. By flying in the day before the match, playing, and immediately flying out, players compete before the acute physiological “crash” fully hits their systems.

However, if a team is playing a month-long tournament like the World Cup, they cannot rely on a hit-and-run. This is because it takes a minimum of 2 to 3 weeks at altitude for the kidneys to release enough erythropoietin to stimulate the bone marrow to produce a significantly higher red blood cell count, which permanently increases the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity.

By arriving 9 days before, Bafana players are not protected by the initial adrenaline of a hit-and-run, yet they haven’t spent enough time there to build up new red blood cells. They are trapped right at the peak window of sluggishness and poor sleep recovery.

The boys will walk onto the pitch at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, trapped right at the peak of their physiological crash, haven’t been there long enough to build the blood stamina required to survive 90 minutes of high-pressing football against a Mexican side perfectly tailored to the thin air of the central highlands.

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

😂😂😂

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: This corner flag during Brazil vs. Egypt in the United States is going viral on social media.

It has a very different style compared to European stadiums.

[Mphatso @JustMphatso]

@001Oxygen My first World Cup was France 98. 2026 will be my 8th.