NOW FOR THE LEAGUE
Super Downs reset focus
Sundowns become just the second South African team‚ after Orlando Pirates in 1996‚ to win the Super Cup
Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana foresees no problems for his side resetting their focus on new targets, having beaten TP Mazembe 1-0 on Saturday night to lift the 2017 Caf Super Cup. Sundowns became just the second South African team‚ after Orlando Pirates in 1996‚ to win the Super Cup‚ which pits the winners of the previous year’s Caf Champions League against the Caf Confederation Cup victors. Downs’ victory at Loftus Versfeld brought to an end a one-and-a-half year cycle, which saw the Brazilians crowned 2015-16 Premiership champions and 2016 Caf Champions League winners. Now the Pretoria billionaires will reset their targets on the defence of their PSL and Champions League titles. Kekana said he did not expect Downs to relax at all as one period of activity shifts to another. "I think we’re very fortunate as Mamelodi Sundowns’ players to have this humility among us‚" he said. "We know very well that in football you have to have the desire to do what you do. That’s the on...
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