Mamelodi Sundowns star Teboho Mokoena has urged the club’s fans to come out in numbers for their second leg CAF Champions League match against Young Africans.
The Brazilians were held to a draw by ‘Yanga’ in the first leg of their quarterfinal clash.
Despite bossing the possession, Rhulani Mokwena’s side were unable to get a vital away goal from first leg.
The second leg will be played next weekend at Loftus Versfeld stadium.
Paint Loftus Yellow urges Sundowns star
“It was hard hot today, but what do you expect? It’s an away game, it’s expected that not everything will favour us,” Sundowns midfielder Mokoena said as quoted by IDiskiTimes.
“We wanted to get an away goal, which we didn’t get therefore we have to sort it out in South Africa – we have to win in South Africa.
“Masandawana, like you saw tonight, Yanga fans fully packed the stadium, may you please also come next Friday and support us, we really need you at Loftus Stadium.”
Mamelodi Sundowns XI: Williams, Lebusa, Kekana, Zungu, Mudau, Lunga, Mokoena, Lorch, Allende, Ribeiro, Shalulile.
Subs: Onyango, Esquivel, Aubaas, Modiba, Mkhulise, Morena, Maseko, Mvala, Matthews.
Action at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium gets under way at 20:00. The match will be televised live on SABC1.
Today’s clash is only the third time Mamelodi Sundowns and Yanga are meeting. The previous two clashes took place in 2001. Sundowns earned a 3-2 home victory while the away leg ended in a 3-3 draw.
We want to be the best – Mokwena
“I spent some time in Brazil in the off-season and during the break in early parts of January, what we’ve done is incredible, you go to Brazil [and] they speak, ‘Ow! You are the Mamelodi Sundowns coach’,” Rhulani Mokwena said as quoted by Goal.
“The first thing they talk about is the type of football we’re playing at almost every single club. You go to Fluminense, they ask ‘How do you also get the team to play like that?’
“You go to Flamengo, you go to Vasco, Botafogo and they also say ‘unbelievable’. They follow Mamelodi Sundowns, it’s incredible,”
“If the team has that type reach only based on performances on the pitch you can just imagine we scale into the Club World Cup space how much potential does this football club have.
“So it’s the ambition of the club and it’s one we have to work very, very hard to try to reach but for sure with the quality that Mamelodi Sundowns have, the support we get from the club it’s a possibility for sure,”
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