In what has been somewhat of a rarity, Peter Shalulile has missed three consecutive games for Mamelodi Sundowns and now the club's co-coach Rhulani Mokwena has given an update on the hitman's absence.
Downs Coach Explains Strange Shalulile Absence
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You'd have to go back to the 2021/22 season for the last time Shalulile missed a match for Sundowns.
Since joining the Brazilians in 2020, the Namibian has been the club's most-used player thanks to his goal scoring exploits and his impetus off the ball even when he is off form.
Therefore, it raised a few eyebrows when the 28-year-old was for a third consecutive match left out of the Sundowns starting XI, not even taking up a place on the substitute's bench in their 1-0 win over Marumo Gallants, having missed out both legs of the 15-1 aggregate thumping of La Passe in the CAF Champions League.
Addressing the media after the match, Mokwena revealed that Shalulile is experiencing a complicated muscle problem, but was not at liberty to divulge the full extent of the perceived injury.
"We'll update you, he's got a little bit of a complicated situation and we are trying to see various specialists and get different opinions, so anything that I say will just be based on suspicion and not facts," Mokwena told journalists.
"Let's wait, I think the club will give an update but at the moment, [he is] unavailable because there's a bit of a complication with Peter and when I say complication, I mean muscular – nothing else – just muscular. So, let's wait. We are trying to get different opinions, different feedback from different specialists and the club will give proper feedback," he added.
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It is unclear whether Shalulile will recover in time to feature in Sundowns' second leg MTN8 semi-final clash on Saturday, although judging by Mokwena's words, it seems highly unlikely at this stage.
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