{"id":17457,"date":"2011-12-20T09:48:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T09:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/lolo-i-am-a-team-player\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T09:48:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T09:48:01","slug":"lolo-i-am-a-team-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/20\/lolo-i-am-a-team-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Lolo &#8211; I am a team player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/cecil_lolo_ajax-580.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Cecil Lolo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ajax Cape Town\u2019s Cecil Lolo says that he is happy to adjust to any role coach Maarten Stekelenburg gives him by saying: \u201cI am a team player\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The 23-year-old has recently found himself getting more time with the matchday squad, where he has stepped in for the injured Thulani Hlatshwayo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI am feeling very happy and good with myself. So far everything is going well,\u201d noted the right-back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI have been work hard and I have been training with a lot of determination. The players and the coach have pushed me and lifted my spirit up, which has helped me push for more game time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The number 21 first started off his career as a striker, before moving onto the right wing, but has since been featured as right back under his Dutch coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">When asked how he had come to find himself in such a change of scenery, the player confirmed that it is his team spirit and his willingness to work for the team that has allowed him to try different positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cThis is football and I don\u2019t complain as a player, you have to adjust and listen to the coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI am a team player. I listen and I try to adjust to what the coach says. It did take me some time but I am used to it. You make mistakes and you learn from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Lolo also confirmed he would be happy to slot into any position that is required of him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI like right back and I am ok at right back but I used to love playing in midfield and to score some goals too. But I will play anywhere with no problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Rossella Marrai<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Cecil Lolo Ajax Cape Town\u2019s Cecil Lolo says that he is happy to adjust to any role coach Maarten Stekelenburg gives him by saying: \u201cI am a team player\u201d. The 23-year-old has recently found himself getting more time with the matchday squad, where he has stepped in for the injured Thulani Hlatshwayo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lolo - I am a team player - Ghanamma.com<\/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:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/20\/lolo-i-am-a-team-player\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lolo - I am a team player - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Cecil Lolo Ajax Cape Town\u2019s Cecil Lolo says that he is happy to adjust to any role coach Maarten Stekelenburg gives him by saying: \u201cI am a team player\u201d. 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