With Mamelodi Sundowns on the verge of retaining their Absa Premiership title with a win against Free State Stars this afternoon, coach Pitso Mosimane has urged his side to give their best.
The Brazilians could very well lift their record ninth championship in the Premier Soccer League era at Goble Park in Bethlehem.
“Look where we are, we have to go for it,” Mosimane said this week.
“This will will be the biggest one for me in my football career. I would say probably the first league title that Sundowns won with me here in 2014 was an emotional one, but this one – whether we win it or not – I always say it will remain the big one because we lost important players like Khama Billiat and Percy Tau and really couldn’t find proper combination upfront.”
The coach said he had to convert Lebo Maboe, who arrived from Maritzburg United at the start of the season, into a striker even though he is a midfielder. Maboe will still finish as Downs’ top goal scorer in the league and had eight goals in the lead up to the trip to Bethlehem for the final round of the campaign.
“He is a No.8 and I played him upfront. You can see he was really struggling, but he was trying his best. I think we could have wrapped it up earlier even with this team in construction. We have never played fully in the league because we were managing legs the whole time because of our schedule,” Mosimane explained.
He praised his players for juggling between domestic and CAF Champions League matches, where Masandawana reached the semi-final stage, but were knocked out by Wydad Casablanca of Morocco last weekend.
Sundowns are two points clear of second placed Orlando Pirates heading into this afternoon’s final round of fixtures and can’t afford to drop points against Stars, who will be also be fighting to avoid relegation.
“If we win it again I will be really happy for the boys and the supporters who have been singing all season long. I told the players to go out there and try their best to win the league. It was an emotional season and we must give the people something to celebrate,” said Mosimane.
Kick-off for the away clash against Stars is at 3pm and victory there will see Sundowns being crowned champions.
Let’s go Masandawana, give it one last push. We are behind you all the way 100%. Make us proud. #WeAreMamelodiSundowns #TheSkyIsTheLimit
Irvin Khoza and his psl people they must just go to the nearest hell and hang themselves there football must be played at the field of play not in boardroom just because pirates couldn’t beat Benny now we have appeal
Regardless of how this turns out, I am extremely proud of the team, I am proud of the Coacha and his management team, I am proud of the team, you did well, against all odds…hauweng Masandawana!!!
Sundowns must just win this last game convincingly and all these noises will just go down like a fire for papers. A win will just make life nice . All the best of play Masandawana! Kby
Breaking news,George Chicova is not playing and not injured,and an amateur goal keeper is on the post,for pirates to score more goals,,hahaha,what is this…they know that Polokwane will give them problem but not without their goalkeeper,it’s conspiracy….Shapa Masandawana,Shapa!!!
Well done to the players, technical team, supporters, management and the everyone else who’s related to the team. It was such a tough season for the team and they seriously deserved the crown. I don’t know how many times I died watching this game and it was such a great relief to hear the final whistle. We are the Champions
Tjoo this players can kill you,we were not good today especially Vilakazi and Zwane the best said about Maboe the better but anyway thanks Dawana,Kby forever.
Say that again Dalom,this football will kill u dead…or should I say this PSL Pirates Soccer League…
Thanks to everyone associated with the yellow nation. I AM PROUD OF YOU ALL. WELL DONE CHAMPIONS. KHOZA MUST GO TO HELL. THEY MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
I took off my hat for you boys you worked hard secrifised alot your families wife’s girlfriends your child’s you deserve to champions well done
who are you? this is not kick boboza. i never made this comment
Thank u masandawana amahle, tough game it was, other teams can’t even make the top 8 and yet they called big teams, this is not the 70’s, the 80’s, history won’t guarantee u success, top quality players will, we have been the laughing stock for years for signing a lot of players( go back to first few years of Motsepe’s management) we hv not relied on the millions of fans some teams hv nor the history the team has bt on investing on quality players and top management, and just lastly ppl forget we still the young team, how old is KC, Pirates and Wits and we hv achieved so much, proud to be a sandawana.
Indeed a proud moment for yellow nation ; Let us continue to create
Histor. Thnx to the
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the players , the supporters ,fans and everbody associated
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Congratulations are in order Masandawana. Solid performance. Looking forward to a new Season after a well rested break and a good pre-season. À proven goal scorer will be a welcome addition, otherwise the squad is solid. Priority has to be Champions league in the new season.
Thanks guys, this is why I have been a Sandwana since 1993 nobody can’t cheat us. We deserve the respect we have coz of our soccer and flair.
Congra masandawana
Coach Pitso God bless you, even after losing a match you comfort us and tell us what you think went wrong in a way that we can appreciate. Congratulations to the whole team. Thank you guys.
Congratulations to Sundowns FC, players you have done us pride, Couch and your technical team you have made history for yourselves, well done, the 12th man, the supporters your support was exceptional.Thank you. Now we are all happy and all negatives are gone. Soccer can heal, what a team!Determination and focus took us there. Captain my Captain you deserve the best this season
It was tough and rough,our feet were shaking,heart beating fast but we saw it trough.Congratulations to Downs family,we did it aginst all odds.We owe Benni something,he promised to throw a hand granade to title race and he didn’t disappoint.Hope players are given enough break,they deserve it.
For us to be champions again,it shows how dedicated was the team
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Eish this team is the best.just go and emulate the era of the old players by winning it for the third time in a row. Big up to Pitso,Manqoba and the rest o the technical team.I think we still going to dominate SA football for a long time as long as Pitso is the coach
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But sandawanas, we were not convincing enough for the in the league games and cups. For me this thing of just winning esp the league cos it’s a marathon is not good for the team. remember Pitso said 5 years ago that he was building the team, but now it doesn’t look like that and this worries me dearly. If we are still loaning out young players saying they don’t have experience, it won’t help the team, look at Mbape at 19, world cup winner, where did he acquired experience. Pitso himself is confused, when he started he believed that by recruiting international is the answer to a good football, after that he recruited captains of the teams, after busparking, after good football won’t win you a league, after african experience, and then players not good enough for him but he was the one recruiting them, now he score first and managing the game. All these are his reasons for his arrogance, I don’t buy it. He must start introducing 17 years old immediately in the team, then letting olds go, training the team and prepare rigorously for season ahead, not this thing of watching videos. Look at Man City when they score one, they don’t sit back and the game instead they try score more, that’s what sundowns fc is all about, but he continues with this arrogance we won’t go anywhere.
But sandawanas, we were not convincing enough for the in the league games and cups. For me this thing of just winning esp the league cos it’s a marathon is not good for the team. remember Pitso said 5 years ago that he was building the team, but now it doesn’t look like that and this worries me dearly. If we are still loaning out young players saying they don’t have experience, it won’t help the team, look at Mbape at 19, world cup winner, where did he acquired experience. Pitso himself is confused, when he started he believed that by recruiting international is the answer to a good football, after that he recruited captains of the teams, after busparking, after good football won’t win you a league, after african experience, and then players not good enough for him but he was the one recruiting them, now he score first and managing the game. All these are his reasons for his arrogance, I don’t buy it. He must start introducing 17 years old immediately in the team, then letting olds go, training the team and prepare rigorously for season ahead, not this thing of watching videos. Look at Man City when they score one, they don’t sit back and the game instead they try score more, that’s what sundowns fc is all about, but he continues with this arrogance we won’t go anywhere…
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