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South African soccer fans were on edge for a solid 90 minutes yesterday afternoon awaiting the coronation of the 2019/20 PSL champions after a difficult
Coronavirus season, it is quite interesting to recall what the main stakeholders said before the two meetings.
Kaizer Chiefs, who led for most of the season in an effort to end their five-trophy drought, and defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns were in a neck-to-neck race, going all the way against Baroka and Black Leopards respectively. . . Here’s what they had to say in the lead up to their matches:
Pitso Mosimane, Sundowns coach: “We are competing with a team that didn’t even play in the top eight. We need to win our last match and say goodbye as credible competitors and people. You have to give it to the bosses. I mean they haven’t won anything for the last five or six years. They are a great team and they deserve something to be honest and they fought for it. So it’s okay because you can’t win everything, but we’re also fighting ”.
Chiefs coach Ernst “Mazinyo” Middendorp – “It’s a very competitive last day of the game. We have Baroka in 15th position and the Sundowns have to compete with Black Leopards, who are one point and one position ahead of Baroka. With both teams in relegation danger sitting where they are, they can’t just go to the game and give it away.
We will see in both places the kind of fighting spirit that will emerge. And that will probably decide what will come out at the end of the day. “
Chiefs center back Daniel “Khosi” Cardoso – The Amakhosi center-back said: “We have a hand on the trophy and we must recover, train on Friday and hopefully win on Saturday (yesterday). One more push, we have a hand on the trophy ”.
Chiefs forward Samir Nurkovic: “As everyone knows, we’ve had a good season and we’re on top from the start. And we are definitely going to give our best and fight until the last minute and try to secure this victory and this title ”.
