Ezemidlalo: UMichael Madyira ucebisa ngokuthi iqembu kumele lisheshe libuyele emandleni ngoba iKaizer Chiefs noma i-Orlando Pirates basethubeni lokuhamba phambili kule sizini.
IMamelodi Sundowns ikhishwe kowandulela owamanqamu koweMTN8 yiStellenbosch ngempelasonto.
Ishaywe ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni ekhaya enkundleni iLucas Moripe ngoLwesithathu olwedlule, yaphinde yashaywa ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni enkundleni iMoses Mabhida ngeSonto. Ishaywe ngo 2-0 uma sekuhlanganiswa yonke imidlalo.
I-Sundowns ayizange yenze kahle kulo mqhudelwano, ngisho nakuma-quarter-final, lapho ithwale kanzima ihlula iPolokwane City ngo 1-0, ngegoli likaThabang Matuludi lapho umkhonto ugwaza ekhaya.
Iqembu elisanda kulanda abadlali abane abavela ezigabeni eziphansi libafake esikhathini esengeziwe.
Phezu kweqembu elibizayo leSundowns, okuhlanganisa nabadlali abahlanu abasha abasayinisiwe, abafana noKobamelo Kodisang nomdlali waseBrazil u-Arthur Sales, abakwazanga ukukhonya kulo mdlalo.
Lokhu kuyamangaza eqenjini ebelinekhempu yokulungiselela isizini e-Austria. Baphinde babhekana nenkinga bebhekene neStellenbosch, yize babesayinise umgadli u-Iqraam Rayners eqenjini elilodwa.
Nokho, ukubabala ngaphandle kungase kusheshe ngemva kwemidlalo emithathu nje yokuncintisana.
I-Sundowns ingase idinge isikhathi esengeziwe sokulungisa isimo ngemuva kokuxosha umqeqeshi uRhulani Mokwena.
Uma bengakhuphuki, amanye amaqembu ePSL angase abone leli njengethuba lawo lokubaphosela inselelo, okuhlanganisa nezinkunzi ezifana neKaizer Chiefs ne-Orlando Pirates, ezike zagxekwa ngokudedela iSundowns ikhonye kwi-PSL eminyakeni edlule.
Njengoba isizini ka-2024-25 iqala ngomhlaka-14 kuMandulo, iSundowns kumele isheshe ibuyele endleleni ukuze igcine isithunzi sayo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UThapelo Morena ogijima kuMamelodi Sundowns uzama ukudlula umdlali wasesiswini weStellenbosch uSihle Nduli.
Umthombo: IMamelodi Sundowns