The much-awaited day for resumption of football came and the Brazilians locked horns with Bidvest Wits in the semi-finals of the Nedbank Cup.
The game started at a slow pace as both sides were playing for the first time after a hundred and forty-five days. As the time ticked the Brazilians eased up a gear up and started pushing numbers and Sphelele Mkhulise had an opportunity in the 14th minute but his shot was deflected into the hands of Brighton Mhlongo.
With the first half slowly fading away, Mamelodi Sundowns were awarded a penalty after Buhle Mkhwanazi pulled Motjeka Madisha down in the box and Ricardo Nascimento made sure as he converted from the spot-kick beating Mhlongo. The score at half-time was 1 nil to the home side.
The restart saw the “Students” showing their intentions to get an equaliser by making changes bringing in Human and Macheke but the yellow wall stood firm and was not letting anything pass. Coach Pitso Mosimane also made changes sending in Keletso Makgalwa, Lyle Lakay and Andile Jali for Sibusiso Volakazi, Themba Zwane and Sphelele Mkhulise
A mistake by Madisha in the 76th minute gave the visitors an equaliser as Dzvukamanja beat Onyango. It took only four minutes for Masandawana to regain the lead as Makgalwa pounced to an Onyango assist as Mhlongo made an error call to come out. With the game slipping away from Gavin Hunt’s side Dzvukamanja grabbed his brace for the night and made the score two all with a few minutes to spare. The clash looked like it will be going to extra-time as five minutes of the referees optional time had been played but Lakay had other plans as the substitute with the last kick of the game curled a beauty of a free-kick to send the Brazilians to the final.
Mamelodi Sundowns (37′ Nascimento, 80′ Makgalwa, 95′ Lakay) 3 – 2 Bidvest Wits (76′, 86′ Dzvukamanja)
Well done boys, thank you for you continued hard work, we made some mistakes at the back and got punished, we always came back untill Lackay scored that beauty. let us approach the next game with good mind frames and clear focus. ka bo yellow i remain
Well done kaboyellow the next game you will be fine
Hard fought victory,well done boys.I want to urge the technical team to plz give Mkhulise enough chance and guidance he needs to become a superstar.What I saw in him yesterday was unbelievable,I saw hunger,hard work,skill,pace and above all he is fearless.He is our ace to success.Pitso I believe u’ll do everything to ensure he goes places.
I couldn’t I agree more with you on Mkhulise, the boy is going places. He was the shining star in our team yesterday.
Well done masandawana wish u all the best to the league game against pirates and other game myb god be with u Guyz lv u all thank u
Well done boyz hope u wll finish it in style…win it for supporters! Sky is the limit!
Nidlalile bafana. It was really tough out there. Great suggestions from our technical team. Great start after a very long time. Now let’s go and WIN ALL our remaining PSL matches and defend our pride and glory. My captain. Wasithembisa iLadecima. We need it sbali and we need it this year. Kano Yellow👆🏽
Well done boys, we are almost there but Celtic cannot be taken for granted!!!
Congratulations Masandawana ! A hard fought victory indeed! The per performance was far beyond expected after such a long break. The victory was expected one way or the other.Bidvest is always a sore on the throat for Sundowns, a real steep mountain to climb.we never expected an outright win but definitely a good run .Keep it up Masandawana. We hope the rust is shaking off.
We played very well
Madisha don’t worry boyzin we are behind you, you can’t be a bad player in just 1 game. Those who knows diski understand your mistakes, make sho on Tuesday you come with fresh mind. Otherwise Lakay Dankie Jita
Well done boys ,Tuesday is pirates letus go there and take three points
Putting Coetzee while we’re playing tough tackle games it’s a bit risky our technical team are not doing well in that regard
well done boys i had suspicious i see line up included Lebusa at back .Rivado Maboe and wonder clause on Maboe contract that suppose to be stand but he play 90mn doing nothing
Well done boys, good showing of the game. The boys did well under difficult conditions. We know you can play better, first match is never after 4 months not playing
Welldone! We are very proud about you boys, the big game is coming on Tuesday, this one is very tough but I knw u wil come up wth a gud results. Madisha pick up urself dont worried about happened yestarday, just focus on the next game 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆
Big one 2moro maximum points will put prrssure on amakhosikazi and I dont see them winning against Wits
Hard fought win for yello
nation, We are facing the
Baccaniars who play
through the midfield
Let us make sure that
they do not penetrate our
midfield easily , if we
manage to do that we
are going to win that game
Madisha is full of mistakes ,everytime he touches the ball u wonder what is he going to do .pitso please put Coetzee back to his central role. Every season we conceding unnecessary goals because of such defenders …….