Menzi Magubane
Kungenzeka ukuthi i-Mamelodi Sundowns iphule izinhliziyo zabalandeli bayo ngemuva kokusheshe iphume kwi-CAF Champions League, kodwa ingase ibenze bamamatheke futhi ngoLwesithathu.
AMasandawana asesele ngephuzu elilodwa ukuthi agcine isicoco se-DStv Premiership kanti lokho kungenzeka ngoLwesithathu uma esevakashelwe i-Cape Town City e-Tshwane.
Ama-Brazilians ngeke afune ukuthweswa umqhele ngaphandle kokuwina ekhaya.
Leli qembu lase-Tshwane lizofuna ukuhlengwa ngabalandeli balo ababuyele enkundleni futhi abanethemba lokubona iqembu labo lizothatha isicoco seligi.
NgoMgqibelo ebusuku abalandeli babuyele enkundleni okokuqala ngemuva kweminyaka emibili i-Sundowns idlala ne-Petro de Luanda yase-Angola emlenzeni wesibili we-Champions League.
Kodwa-ke bezibuhlungu izinhliziyo ekupheleni komdlalo ngesikhathi i-Downs ikhishwa.
Umphumela omuhle emdlalweni olandelayo uzokwenza ukuthi aMasandawana ethweswe isicoco sokuba ngompetha beligi isizini yesihlanu kulandelana.
Indebe ye-Premiership izonikwa bona ngokusemthethweni ngomhlaka-21 kuNhlaba kanye nemali engu-R15 million uma kuphela isizini ka-2021/22.
Ukuvikela kwabo isicoco seligi ngempumelelo kuzophinde kubaqinisekise indawo kwi-Champions League ka-2022/23.
Kodwa okwamanje basalelwe yimidlalo emihlanu ngaphambi kokuthi banikezwe okuzoba ngokwabo.
I-Sundowns inamaphuzu angu-57 kanti ihola i-Royal AM, esendaweni yesibili ngamaphuzu angu-13.
Isicoco seligi kuzoba yindebe yesibili ye-Sundowns kule sizini ngemuva kokuthi iphakamise indebe ye-MTN8 ngoMfumfu ngemuva kokuhlula i-City ngo 3-2 sekukhahlelwa amaphenalthi.
I-Downs izoba nethuba lokuthatha isicoco sesithathu kule sizini uma iwina owandulela owamanqamu we-Nedbank Cup lapho ezobhekana khona ne-Royal AM ngoMgqibelo ntambama eThekwini.
Uma i-Sundowns ikwazile ukuwina isicoco se-Nedbank Cup kule sizini kungaba wumlando kuyona njengoba izobe isinqoba okokuqala ngqa emlandweni weqembu.
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