Tshwane derby round two
Five reasons SuperSport will bounce back from thrashing by Sundowns
A week after Mamelodi Sundowns hammered SuperSport United 5-0 in a Premiership match, the Tshwane neighbours meet again. Here are five reasons SuperSport will bounce back to beat Sundowns at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Wednesday: • The quality of SuperSport’s squad and technical team It is unlikely that a quality squad such as SuperSport, with a brains trust including coach Stuart Baxter and his technical staff, will capitulate twice in a week even to African champions Sundowns. If Baxter can change things in his back four‚ who were too static in the first match‚ Downs might find themselves frustrated at what they may have expected to be a cake-walk. SuperSport showed themselves capable of frustrating Sundowns when they "parked the bus" in a penalties Telkom Knockout defeat in November‚ which ended 0-0 after extra time. Similar tactics on the back of a thrashing might be expected‚ and could trouble the Brazilians again. • Sundowns must be battered by now After his side followed up their...
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