Lekker fish ‘n chips? What did Benni McCarthy say to Ronaldo?

Cristiano in the 18 area? Mzansi tweeps are hilariously speculating over what Manchester United first-team coach Benni McCarthy said to CR7.

Sep 6, 2022 - 13:00
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Lekker fish ‘n chips? What did Benni McCarthy say to Ronaldo?

Benni McCarthy and his stellar work at Manchester United has been a topic of high praise by South Africans on social media recently…

And with another win under their belt, many football fans have credited the former SA soccer star for helping the English Premier League club stay on a winning streak.

As first-team coach, Benni McCarthy has rubbed shoulders with some of the world’s best signed to the club. They include the likes of Antony, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford, and Bruno Fernandes.

The former AmaZulu coach specialises in coaching attacking plays and positioning.

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BENNI MCCARTHY HAS A MOMENT WITH RONALDO

Following their 3-1 win against Arsenal on Sunday evening, Manchester United players were all smiles as they left the pitch at Old Trafford.

And amongst them was Mzansi’s very own Benni McCarthy as he hugged and fist-pumped players.

In clips that went viral, Benni was seen embracing stars like Scott McTominay and Antony, the latter of which made his team debut -and scored a goal – in his first match.

Benni was also seen embracing and engaging in conversation with Cristiano – who has five prestigious Fifa Ballon D’Or awards under his belt.

Witnessing the viral moment between the two stars, a proud fellow coach Pitso Mosimane tweeted: “Ahhh! Is this not beautiful for SA football?”.

MZANSI WEIGHS IN: WHAT DID THEY SAY?

And just like Pitso, SA tweeps gushed over Benni’s fond friendship with Cristiano Ronaldo. Many consider the Portugese player – nicknamed “CR7” to be the “world’s best” football player.

And whilst they were equally impressed, tweeps were also fascinated by what the duo could possibly be talking about.

Many claimed that Benni – known for colourful outbursts on the pitch – likely had an interesting choice of words.

Here’s how tweeps speculated the conversation went down…

@callmegazza: “Kom ek vat jou vir ‘n gatsby!”

@lentmore: “You should come to cape town and taste Black Label beer”

@GivenPhosi1: “Benni told Cristiano to get a Xhosa girl in South Africa and his form will come back 7 times more”

@SmaqdAploz: “Play for Pirates next season”

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Some – like Supersport present Anele Mdoda – even quoted lyrics sung by Benni from his 1998 popular collab Shibobo with kwaito stars TKZee.

@Anele: “Lekker lekker fish and chips…”

@lizo_swana: “From the north to the south, west and east. South Africa eita dah!”

@tubby508: “Die poppe gaan dans. Dis die Kaapse dans”

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