{"id":1228,"date":"2021-04-11T04:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T04:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2021-04-11T04:16:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T04:16:06","slug":"pitso-lauds-tembo-after-reaching-100th-game-milestone-at-supersport-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=1228","title":{"rendered":"Pitso Lauds Tembo After Reaching 100th Game Milestone At Supersport United"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former\u00a0Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane praised Zimbabwe international and Supersport United head coach Kaitano Tembo after he reached 100th game milestone with the team<\/strong> <strong>against Cape Town City on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 56-year-old two time CAF Champions league winner &#8211; Mosimane, congratulated Tembo on his huge milestone and lauds the Zimbabwean gaffer&#8217;s humble character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Congrats Kait, after (you&#8217;ve&#8217;) been given, an opportunity as Head Coach, you never disappointed,&#8221; said Mosimane via his twitter handle @TheRealPitso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Amazing that you have quietly collected so many games and a trophy under your belt without seeking any media validation, Up and coming Coach, please learn from him,&#8221; tweeted Pitso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats Kait,after been given,   an opportunity as Head Coach,you never disappointed. <br>Amazing that you have quietly collected so many games and a trophy under your belt without seeking any media validation,Up and coming Coach,pls learn from him. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2ElqDpACs\">https:\/\/t.co\/u2ElqDpACs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pitso Mosimane (@TheRealPitso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPitso\/status\/1380898680128032770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tembo (50) took over the reigns at Supersport United from Eric Tinkler in January 2018 and subsequently appointed permanent head coach in August of the same year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is in his third season in charge of SuperSport and has already established himself by winning the MTN8 in his second season in 2019 after losing in the final the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From His 100 games in charge, coach Tembo has won 43 games drawn 27 and yesterday&#8217;s 3-0 loss away to Cape Town City was his 30th loss at the helm of &#8216;Mantsantsantsa Apitoli&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, Tembo lost his first premier league match 2-0 away to same Rivals- Cape Town City on August 4, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former hard tackling defender worked his way up the ranks to become head coach having started as a player and was once coached by Pitso Mosimane at Supersport United some two decades ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been previously a caretaker coach at the club in 12 matches and assistant coach to more than five coaches including Gavin Hunt and Eric Tinkler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tembo is the second Zimbabwean to coach Supersport United after Bruce Grobbelar who head &#8216;Mantsantsantsa&#8217; 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