The fate of Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs in the CAF Inter-Club competitions is hanging in the balance. Reigning Champions League champions, Sundowns, played to a goalless draw against Angolan club Wiliete S.C. in their second-round, first-leg match away.
Chiefs lost 1-0 to Red Arrows of Zambia in a CAF Confederation Cup second-round, first-leg encounter, also away.
The defending champions will need an outright victory at home, having failed to score an away goal.
Coach Miguel Cardoso says they need to be aggressive offensively in the return leg on Friday evening.
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Wiliete SC vs Mamelodi Sundowns
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https://t.co/px8HUrno1d“We are going to prepare this match in a best way. We need to be stronger than we were. We need to be more aggressive, we need to be more offensive, but obviously, we are not happy with this results,” says Cardoso.
Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams, sat out the first leg match, while key midfielder Teboho Mokoena, was replaced after sustaining an injury but, Cardoso hopes both will be available for Friday’s second leg.
“Tebogo is a bit of touch on that ligament that was hurt in the national team. We don’t know the extent of the injury. Let’s hope it’s not a big thing and we can recover him for the next match. Ronwen should not be a big thing. He had contact in training, but it was important to keep him safe from something aggressive,” he adds.
Kaizer Chiefs chances of reaching the group stages are also hanging by a thread. Amakhosi will need to overturn a 1-0 defeat and score at least two goals at home.
Many Chiefs fans have been unhappy with the team’s recent poor results. But coach Fernando da Cruz has appealed for support to propel the team to the next round.
“We know they are not happy. in the PSL, we don’t lose and we don’t win as well. Today, we lost, but there is a second leg and we need them at home to push us because our team is capable of winning this game and qualify,” says Kaizer Chiefs Coach, Fernando da Cruz.
The Chiefs and Red Arrows match will kick-off at 18h00 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, while Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria will host the Sundowns, Wiliete return for a a match at 20h00.
CREDIT: Vincent Sintsula
