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The league champions from last season have left a marker early on with an impressive performance against their rivals Amakhosi.
It certainly looks like the Mamelodi Sundowns are serious this season, based on the way they sidelined the Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday afternoon.
The Chiefs will have their own title ambitions after being so close last season before losing it on the final day to Sundowns, but they were no match for Masandawana at FNB Stadium on Saturday when Tshwane’s team achieved a 3-0 win. .
It is a renewed Brazilian team that has started the current campaign: not only have they lost series-winning head coach Pitso Mosimane to Egyptian giants Al Ahly, but there are also many new players at the club.
How long would it take to combine the new men with the current team and for all three coaches – Manqoba Mngqithi, Rhulani Mokwena and Steve Komphela – on the same page? champions.
Based on the performance against Chiefs, not much.
Certainly two of the new men, Peter Shalulile and Kermit Erasmus, seem to be settling in very well. Both scored their first goals for their new club against an unfortunate Amakhosi team.
The pair were also in lethal form in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) last season and if they continue along that line and add to the threat posed by players like Gaston Sirino and Themba Zwane, it will be tough for either team. to stop the Sundowns machine.
That’s before people like Lyle Lakay, Lebogang Maboe, and Thapelo Morena are added, and potentially before newcomers like Mothobi Mvala, Haashim Domingo, Gift Motupa, Grant Margeman, and Aubrey Modiba contribute even more to the Brazilians’ attack.
The ruthless Mamelodi Sundowns get another one over Kaizer Chiefs with a comfortable win in the first league game https://t.co/FKF1isPrtO pic.twitter.com/pfdUu2Pg6y
– Goal South Africa (@GoalcomSA) October 24, 2020
It will continue to be a challenge for the Sundowns coaching staff to keep everyone on the team happy; there will be some top quality players who will not have much playing time this season, unless there are serious injury issues.
Of course, it is still very early, but certainly, based on his performance against the Chiefs, it seems that there is no hangover from Mosimane’s departure.
If anything, it is possible that the Pretoria team will become even more dominant than before and this should worry players like the Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
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