Mamelodi Sundowns’ lacklustre efficiency towards Al Ahly was blamed on final week’s defeat to Kaizer Chiefs.
Masandawana have been dumped out of the Nedbank Cup final weekend by Amakhosi regardless of being favourites in that match. The two-1 defeat noticed the Brazilians’ 13-match unbeaten run towards Chiefs come to an finish.
On Saturday afternoon, Sundowns performed to a goalless draw towards Al Ahly within the first leg of the CAF Champions League semi-final. Regardless of having over 70% of the ball, Miguel Cardoso’s facet failed to hassle the Purple Devils.
Following their disappointing residence draw, some followers blamed Kaizer Chiefs for disrupting Sundowns’ momentum. The Brazilians seemed out of kinds towards Al Ahly and have been fortunate to not concede a number of objectives on Saturday afternoon on the Loftus Versfeld.
Followers on X (Twitter) felt the house crew lacked confidence towards the ‘crew of the century’.
@LyfeSuperstaR wrote: “Kaizer Chiefs actually broken this Sundowns crew’s confidence. They’re not the identical anymore.”
@Maliqo wrote: “The issue is Cardoso deliberate for this recreation, then Chiefs occurred. He want to alter all the pieces due to being a coward. If he knew that he was going to wish Zwane for this recreation, why didn’t he give him minutes towards these villagers?”
Kaizer Chiefs loss affected Sundowns, followers suspect
Cardoso made Sundowns play like Chiefs. The bubble is over,” @MANGENGE_ tweeted.
These are recreation stats the place the house crew bought zero photographs on objective. The away crew bought 2 objectives dominated offside. The great work we did towards Esperence solely to be destroyed by Chiefs. That is Chiefs impact, no layer needs to commit errors,” tweeted @Maliqo.
“Ever because the Kaizer Chiefs win, Mamelodi Sundowns hasn’t been the identical,” tweeted @msjmusa.
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