The 27-year-old was stretchered off midway through the first half of Pirates’ game against Bidvest Wits following a horror tackle from Thulani Hlatshwayo on October 21 at Orlando Stadium.
Myeni is back at full training within a month and is available for the CAF Confederation Cup Final first leg against Etoile du Sahel on Saturday and admits he is relieved to be kicking the ball again.
“After the [Wits] game I watched the clip close to 30 times and I couldn’t understand how I got out of that tackle without breaking anything,” he reflects.
“People were sending me SMSes and calling me, telling me I should recover well and all that, only to find that I went to hospital for the day and I was fine.
“All in all, God was with me because I don’t think anyone could have got out of that tackle. Even the doctor at the hospital told me I was lucky because there was a chance I could have broken my leg into two pieces whereby it was gonna be hard for me to come back or even play again.
“I was screaming so much on the field because I couldn’t feel my leg and I have been through something similar at Wits. I had more scans and that’s when they told me that there is some ligament that’s torn, but it is not on the bone.
“I was looking at my shin, but the problem was on the ankle. They put a moonboot and I walked on crutches then eventually I started to recover.”
And despite the fact that he is the only Bucs player to have started all 14 games in the Confederation Cup, the Soweto-born midfielder feels it is not necessarily a big blow if he misses the Final.
“It is every player’s dream to play in a final, but I don’t have to force myself. I spoke to the technical team and I said if they feel that I’m not ready, then I’m not ready. There are other guys who are capable of doing the job,” Myeni concludes.