MNINAWA NTLOKO: I would give anything to see Sundowns triumph
This man from the rolling hills of Tsomo will celebrate more than the Brazilians’ staunchest supporters should Sundowns defy the odds and win this year’s African Champions League
ASK the good folk at Mamelodi Sundowns if the name Mninawa Ntloko appears on their database of registered supporters and they’ll swear on a stack of Bibles that it doesn’t.But believe me, this man from the rolling hills of Tsomo will celebrate more than the Brazilians’ staunchest supporters should they manage to defy the odds and win this year’s African Champions League.Scotland’s waters of life will flow freely that day and it will be New Year’s Eve, Christmas and my birthday all in one party.Sundowns are in the semifinals of African football’s premier club competition and their journey to the penultimate stage of the tournament has been littered with more problems than a calculus book.A trip to the centre of the earth would have been far less hazardous than being on a path replete with banana skins such as the one they have been on in the past few months. That they managed to make it this far is an incredible story that will be written into the pages of football folklore should th...
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