MAHLANGU SET FOR DEBUT

Kickoff
2009-07-07 13:15

South African youngster May Mahlangu could make his Helsingborgs debut
in the Swedish club’s UEFA Europa League qualifier against Armenian
outfit MIKA on Thursday.

The Swedes lead 3-1 from the first leg, but with star striker Henrik
Larssen set to miss the match through illness, Mahlangu could win
a spot on the bench and coach Bo Nilsson is thinking about throwing
him on for the final 30 minutes should they be comfortably ahead in
the tie.

"He is improving all the time and I firmly believe he will develop
into a very good player for us," Nilsson said. "I believe a lot in him,
he just needs experience."

Mahlangu scored one goal and set up two others for the club’s Under-21
side last week as they defeated AFF 5-0; this after the 20-year-old
had won plenty of praise while on loan at third-tier club IFK Hasleholm
in the first half of the year.

Mahlangu is a product of Farouk Kahn’s Stars of Africa Academy,
having also had a spell in the Swedish third division with Osters IF.
From: Baghdasarian