PLATINUM STARS MATCH
Pitso Mosimane to send out strongest team
Wits will take on record winners Al Ahly in their second-round tie with the first leg in Cairo and the return at Bidvest Stadium
Pitso Mosimane has promised to play his strongest possible side on Tuesday night as the newly crowned African Super Cup winners take on Platinum Stars in another Premier Soccer League catch-up fixture, writes Mark Gleeson. "The game is key, so we are going to go with our strongest team. The league is very tight right now‚" said the Mamelodi Sundowns coach‚ whose side travel to the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace for the match (kick-off 7.30pm). It will be the 13th Premier League fixture of the season for Sundowns — still not even halfway through their scheduled league programme — and a chance to usurp SuperSport United in fourth place in the Premiership standings. "I believe we can go on and win the league, but we’ve got to be smart‚ particularly in the games against top clubs. "We don’t have to beat the likes of Wits and Cape Town City to win the league, but we musn’t lose to them either. We need to box clever and in some games, it is not necessary to have to go toe-to-toe. It is in o...
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