SuperSport United delivered a timid showing in the second leg of their African Confederation Cup final on Saturday‚ unable to stamp home authority on TP Mazembe and surprised by their opponents’ attacking approach. Key players did not deliver on the night and collectively the crispness of the pass and the final touch was lacking. In all, SuperSport managed a single shot on target the entire game‚ certainly not enough to overturn the 2-1 deficit from the first leg in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It meant a goalless draw in Atteridgeville and losers’ medals for the players‚ who played 18 games in this year’s competition‚ covered more than 100,000km in travel and spent about 70 hours in aircraft and at airports on an epic‚ but ultimately unsuccessful, journey. Here are Business Day’s ratings of the SuperSport United players in the second leg: RONWEN WILLIAMS (6/10): There was much less for the goalkeeper to do than in the disastrous first leg in Lubumbashi, where his errors ...
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