PSL club boss claims South Africa 'benefited' from former Orlando Pirates coach Rhulani Mokwena & TS Galaxy's Sead Ramovic's feud - 'We are missing that flavour'

TS Galaxy president Tim Sukazi believes that the South African football fraternity benefited from the fight between his club's coach Sead Ramovic and former Mamelodi Sundowns mentor Rhulani Mokwena.

Ramovic and Mokwena, who is currently a head coach of Wydad Athletic Club, had intense and explosive confrontations almost the entire 2023/24 season.

Although the quarrel between the two coaches reached a point where police had to intervene at Mbombela Stadium, Sukazi has insisted SA football is missing those interactions.

"I won't say (Ramovic is) volatile. I think it's the flavour the game missed or is missing right now, that has created some sort of good rivalry, a competition to the Soweto Derby, between Sundowns and TS Galaxy. It has now become a match to watch for all concerned," Sukazi said as quoted by KickOff.

"We needed that, we needed to have an alternative. I think we have benefitted the country. What sparked up the whole thing, obviously, was issues as they were raised by Mokwena, which were untruthful. We as a club also came forward, we will always defend our coach. We wouldn't allow anyone to blemish our name, we work hard. We cannot allow someone to make accusations that are unfounded.

"That's what triggered the whole thing. You may recall, coach Rulani mentioned that he lost to us in the Carling Cup because Ronwen (Williams), (Teboho) Mokoena, [Khuliso] Mudau, (Themba) Zwane, and all these players were not there, that's why they lost, which was not the truth. Remember, we beat them at Loftus with all of them in the starting XI. Sead could not take that," explained the outspoken leader. 

"We want credit given to our players and coaching team. That's what started the whole thing. It created this flavour, which we are now missing, but the rivalry stands. The match between TS Galaxy and Sundowns played on 21 May 2024 stood to be the best match of the season, to be honest."

The heated rivalry between Ramovic and Mokwena saw Galaxy management approach the SA High Court to press charges against the Soweto-born coach as they claimed he made defamatory comments about the German counterpart.

However, despite Mokwena having moved to Morocco, the 45-year-old has insisted that he still does not care and has no time to think about the former Orlando Pirates interim coach.

Ramovic, whose side is struggling, will be hoping to guide Galaxy to their first league win of the season when they go against Marumo Gallants on Saturday.

On the other hand, Mokwena, who is also not finding it easy in Morocco, will be aiming to return to winning ways when Wydad lock horns with RSB Berkane on the same day as Galaxy.