Bernard Parker attains CAF Coaching Diploma

Congratulations were in order for Bernard Parker after his wife, Wendy took to Instagram and showed off the soccer player’s Coaching Diploma as seen in her post shared on Wednesday, 15 November.

CONGRATULATIONS! BERNARD PARKER EARNS COACHING DIPLOMA

Bernard Parker (37) was rushed to hospital after he was seen by soccer fans escorted off the pitch on a stretcher during the TS Galaxy FC match against Sundowns in the Carling Knockout game at Mbombela Stadium on Wednesday, 18 October. This comes after he was tackled mid-game in the 57^th minute by Bongani Zungu. The “career-ending” tackle as described by several soccer fans on social media left Parker with two broken bones, SowetanLIVE reported.

Parker has been recovering incredible well since the incident. In an Instagram post, the TS Galaxy FC star also shared that he was taking it one day at a time. His wife on the other hand has rushed to her feed and posted a Coach Diploma belonging to the Striker and captioned it: “Nothing is cut in the front. Haters of the past can be gates that lead to new beginnings”. Although the issuance date of the certificate indicated that it was issued in August, soccer fans were still thrilled to see it.

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After receiving much criticism from spectators during the match and on social media, the Mamelodi Sundows player, Bongani Zungu is said to have eventually shown remorse and apologised to Bernard Parker via text after he was made aware of the magnitude his bone-shattering tackle, Sunday World reported. Zungu reportedly believed the situation should have been dealt with in private, a source speaking to the publication said.

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