Sport | ‘Stay strong’: Aaron Mokoena offers words of advice to the heavily criticised defensive pair of Mvala and Xulu

Siyanda Xulu and Mothobi Mvala have been playing together for a long time, including when Bafana were demolished 5-0 by a Kylian Mbappe led French team in a friendly. 
(Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

Siyanda Xulu and Mothobi Mvala have been playing together for a long time, including when Bafana were demolished 5-0 by a Kylian Mbappe led French team in a friendly.
(Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

Sylvain Lefevre

Former Bafana Bafana captain, and the most capped man in the history of South African international football, Aaron Mokoena, offered two words of advice to the maligned Mothobi Mvala and Siyanda Xulu which he believes will help them bounce back against Namibia on Sunday night. 

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