Amehlo athe njo kwiDowns kweye-Champions League. 

Abantu abame kancane,  kuseseva ukuthi singatusa iSundowns njengezintandokazi ze-Champions League, kubhala uMichael Madyira.

Kumasizini amathathu adlule, iMamelodi Sundowns ibe ngompetha base-Afrika ngesikhathi sesigaba samaqoqo emqhudelwaneni wamaqembu aphezulu ezweni, kodwa hhayi kwi-CAF.

Leli qembu livelele esigabeni samaqoqo okuholele ekutheni kukhulunywe ngalo njengeqembu elingaphakamisa isicoco se-CAF Champions League.

Emkhankasweni ka-2019/20, baqede ku-Group C ngamaphuzu amahlanu esicongweni ngaphambi kwe-Wydad Casablanca eyayisendaweni yesibili kodwa i-Al Ahly yabakhipha kuma-quarter-final.

Ngesizini elandelayo, bahlula i-TP Mazembe eyayinemidlalo engu-74 ingakaze ihlulwe emiqhudelwaneni ye-CAF eyayiqale ngo-2009 futhi baqeda ngamaphuzu amane beqhwakele phezulu ku-Group B.

Kodwa i-Al Ahly yabuya yabakhipha esigabeni sama-quarter final.

Lezi zinkunzi zase-Tshwane ziphinde zajabulela imidlalo yangesizini edlule, lapho ezahlula khona i-Al Ahly ekhaya nasekuhambeni.

Lo mdlalo abawubonanga njengomqhudelwano kubona njengoba benqobe ngamaphuzu ayisithupha. Impi yangempela ibiphakathi kwe-Al Ahly, i-Al Hilal ne-Al Merrikh bebanga indawo yesibili.

Kodwa izikhondlakhondla zase-Angola i-Petro Atletico ibakhiphe  kabuhlungu kuhlu lwamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili.

Kodwa iSundowns iphinde yabuya kuyona le sizini.

Kuze kube manje sebeyinqobile imidlalo yabo emibili ka-Group B, okuhlanganisa nokukhipha i-Cotonsport Garoua ngamagoli amathathu kwelilodwa ekuhambeni e-Cameroon ngesonto eledlule.

Ngaphambi kohambo lwangempelasonto oluya e-Al Ahly, iSundowns isabise ngokudala esinye isihluku e-Cairo.

Umdlali abamthembile uCassius Mailula oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala osenamagoli amathathu emidlalweni emibili yamaqoqo.

Kodwa uma kubhekwa amasizini amathathu edlule, sekunzima kakhulu ukulindela lukhulu kuSundowns e-Afrika.

Nakuba kungaba lula kakhulu ukusho ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kubo uma besekhaya, kuyindaba ehluke ngokuphelele ezwenikazi.

Ngisho nangemuva kwemidlalo egculisayo esigabeni samaqoqo, ukushaywa kwi-Champions League kuseyinto engenzeka kwiSundowns.

Ngo-2018, baze bafinyelela kowandulela owamanqamu kodwa manje umshikashika wama-quarter-final ubukeka njengesiqalekiso kubona njengoba beqhubeka nokuzabalaza ukuthola isicoco sokuqala se-Champions League kusukela ngo-2016.

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