The Maposa Between The Uprights

Monday, August 27, 2007

They say it is a team sport but every football follower knows that a great individual here and there never hurt the team's course. In fact, most of the world's great teams are made up of great individuals. Staff writer Tshireletso Motlogelwa meets the man who has kept "The Dream Team" out of harms way.

Noah Maposa, the man who occupies that space between the crossbar and the two uprights for a team now dubbed 'the dream team' remains one of a number of individuals whose contributions have brought "the dream" that much nearer to realisation.

At Cafe Prego in BBS Mall on a slightly windy Friday morning the goal-minder walks in leisurely. He wears a grey track top with Odipeca written across the chest. The hood hangs loosely on his back.

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