{"id":2309,"date":"2021-01-29T12:19:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T10:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2021-03-03T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:00:32","slug":"senong-congratulates-masoabi-on-move-to-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"Senong congratulates Masoabi on Move to Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2310\" src=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Masoabi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Masoabi.jpg 720w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Masoabi-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Masoabi-128x95.jpg 128w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Masoabi-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Likuena coach Thabo Senong has congratulated forward Nkoto Masoabi following his move to Libyan Premier League side Asswehly SC from Lioli on a two-and-half-year deal.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">The 28-year-old forward has also played in the GladAfrica Championship for Real Kings, who he joined after impressing playing in the 2018 COSAFA tournament-where his solitary goal handed Likuena a 1-0 victory over Madagascar to eventually clinch the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">Masoabi has remained an integral member of the Lesotho squad under Senong\u2019s mentorship and featured in the recent 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double header against Benin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">\u201cWe are obviously proud of the new developments about Masoabi, it\u2019s a positive step for his football career. He scores important goals for our national team and in my opinion, is one of the best strikers in the COSAFA region,\u201d Senong said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">\u201cHe can easily score goals with both his feet and his head and is a versatile striker that presses well to disturb opposition\u2019s-controlled build-ups.\u00a0\u00a0He is able to hold the ball and link-up play effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">The Likuena mentor is adamant playing in North Africa could be a stepping stone to greener pastures for the Lanky striker, whose impressive displays for his country include scoring an 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0minute scorcher past Daniel Akpeyi in the 4-2 defeat to the Super Eagles of Nigeria in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">\u201cI have always felt that Masoabi deserves to play abroad, in bigger and more competitive leagues. I believe in him, he adapts very quickly because he is very intelligent and mentally strong,\u201d Senong added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">\u201cI wish him success in Libya, I\u2019m sure he will add lots of value to his new club. I push him a lot as a person and advise him to keep his feet on he ground. I always tell him to model his game on progressive traditional forwards such as Olivier Giroud, Robert Lewandowski and Romelu Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpb4f6c78dyiv1417724862ydpa0759f2fMsoNormal\">\u201cWe have a lot of talented players in Lesotho, who can move and succeed in foreign leagues like in Zambia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa,\u201d he said.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2311\" src=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_2638-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Likuena coach Thabo Senong has congratulated forward Nkoto Masoabi following his move to Libyan Premier League side Asswehly SC from Lioli on a two-and-half-year deal. The 28-year-old forward has also played in the GladAfrica Championship for Real Kings, who he joined after impressing playing in the 2018 COSAFA tournament-where his solitary goal handed Likuena a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senong congratulates Masoabi on Move to Libya - Lesotho Football Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=2309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senong congratulates Masoabi on Move to Libya - Lesotho Football Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Likuena coach Thabo Senong has congratulated forward Nkoto Masoabi following his move to Libyan Premier League side Asswehly SC from Lioli on a two-and-half-year deal. 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