Ruthless Mamelodi Sundowns eyeing Al Hilal scalp in Sudan

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena has vowed that their sights are on bagging a win in Sudan against Al Hilal.

The Brazilians are fresh from a 5-2 win over Egyptian giants, Al Ahly last weekend and head to the clash as hot favourites to secure the full three points.

However, speculation is that the South Africans might take their feet off the pedal as they have already booked a spot in the next stage of the CAF Champions League.

Due to the constellation in the group, Mokwena was asked whether he’ll potentially field a weaker team and is thinking about Ahly, but he dismissed any talk of Sundowns not treating Saturday’s match properly.

Speaking ahead of the match scheduled to get underway at 15:00 on Saturday afternoon, Mokwena said they will bring a professional mindset.

“No [I’m not thinking about Al Ahly]. I don’t know what happens, we just have to concentrate on ourselves and win the game for ourselves,” he said.

“We focus on that. We’re honest people, we’re honest to the game. We do everything properly for football because football is a sport where you have to serve it honestly and that’s what we’ll do.

“So the answer is, I wish every team the best of luck and we do the best that we can to do it for ourselves and make sure we represent Mamelodi Sundowns as best as we possibly can.”

The manager who guided the Brazilians to a 5-1 win over Royal AM in the DStv Premiership in their midweek clash, added that he will not field a weakened team, saying skipper Themba Zwane will lead a strong line-up.

“The reason why Themba is here (press conference) is that Themba is playing tomorrow and when Themba is playing tomorrow you must know that it’s a match we want to win,” he added.

“The captain is sitting here, the captain represents part of the line-up that you should expect tomorrow.

“So, I answer the question to say it’s a very important game and it’s a game we want to win and a game we want to make sure that we continue to play well.

“We don’t have a reserve team at Sundowns. We don’t have any of that. We have all our players and all our players are important to us and all our players must help us to win this football match.”

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