Shoe Shine and Piano: Interview with Rulani Mokwena, Head Coach of Mamelodi Sundowns
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Jon Mackenzie is joined by Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena.
How did Rulani make the step into coaching?
What is the club like and what kind of club does it want to be?
Why is he influenced by Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho?
Is there an ambition to one day make the journey to Europe?
This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:07.8 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm John McKenzie, but I'm not joined, as always, by my good friend and producer, Mike Zimmerman, |
| 0:16.4 | because my good friend and producer, Mike Zimmerman, is feeling a little bit under the weather today. |
| 0:39.1 | But that doesn't mean to say that you shouldn't enjoy what we have in store for you, because this week we have an incredible guest for you to get your ears around. Rulani McQueener is the manager of Mammalodi Sundowns, who currently find themselves top of the DSTV premiership, the top division of South Africa football. He was good enough to join us a few days before his team competed in the MT&8 final, a game which will have happened by the time this |
| 0:44.1 | recording, and he talked to us about his route into coaching, his tactical identity at Mamilodi |
| 0:49.4 | Sundowns, the CAF Champions League and its importance within South African football and inevitably what his future |
| 0:56.1 | looks like in coaching. |
| 0:58.1 | But as always, you don't want to hear me |
| 1:00.0 | talking about what the episode is about. |
| 1:01.6 | You want to listen to it for yourself. |
| 1:04.0 | And so without further ado, |
| 1:05.7 | here's Rulani McQuena, |
| 1:07.3 | manager of Mamalodi sundowns. |
| 1:17.4 | Thank you. manager of Mamelodi sundowns. Rulani Makwena, welcome to the TIFO podcast. |
| 1:20.8 | It's great having you on. |
| 1:21.9 | Thanks, John, and I really appreciate the opportunity. |
| 1:25.4 | Great to be with you and the incredible volume that you also have with regards to your |
| 1:33.9 | subscribers and a lot of the technocrats that listen and listen to the podcast. |
| 1:42.4 | I really, really excited for this podcast. |
| 1:46.0 | Thanks for the opportunity. |
| 1:47.9 | You're very welcome, and I do need to thank you profusely for coming on this week, |
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