UPeter Mpofu kumbe uPalolo waziwa kakhulu edolobheni lako Bulawayo njengengcitshi eye freestyle football kumbe iball juggling.
UMpofu wenza izimanga ngebhola lokukhahlela ngoba engaqala ukulikhahlela elisa emoyeni kuyabe angani ulibophe ngentambo ukuze lingawi lapho elitshaya ngezitho ezitshiyeneyo zomzimba wakhe.
Engathanda uyalingqikila ngekhanda aze aliqabuje ibhola lingazange liwele phansi.
Lokhu akusiwo masalamusi kodwa kungoba umfoka Mpofu eseleminyaka eminengi waqala ukwenza ifreestyle football.
UMphofu uthe, uqale eleminyaka elitshumi lambili ekwenza lokhu. Waedlala e Rutz Celtics lapho walimala waseqala ukwenza ifreestyle soccer.
UMpofu uphinde wathi, kwamanye amazwe abalisa ele South Africa kuyaqhutshwa imncintiswano ye freestyle football kodwa kwele Zimbabwe uMpofu nguye yedwa oziphilisa ngokwenza lumdlalo esedolobheni lako Bulawayo kuthi esigodlweni iHarare kulo Desire Mbidzo ongumfowabo wabadlali abake badla ubhedu bedlalela amaqembu atshiyeneyo abathi uJohn, uFarai kanye lo Davies Mbidzo.
UMpofu uthi iphupho lakhe ngelokuyancintisa kwamanye amazwe nxa engathola abangamxhasa.
“Mina into engiyifisayo yikuba lami ngiyencintisana labanye abakwenzayo lokhu. Ikhona imincintiswano eyezizwe zonke zomhlaba njalo ngidinga abangangisiza ukuze lami ngiyekhonale ngiyemela ilizwe leZimbabwe,” kusho UMphofu.
UMpofu uleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lathoba munwe munye eyokuzalwa njalo uthi umdlali oyisizalwane selizwe le Brazil uRonaldinho nguye umdlali owamenza waqala ukwenza iball juggling.
Ifreestyle football yiyo aziphilisa ngayo loba nje ekhala ngokuba imali ayitholayo incane okuyikho okumenza abe lentshukuntshu yokuyancintisa kwamanye amazwe lapho umdlalo lo oqakathekiswa khona.
