Mamelodi Sundowns can score from anywhere‚ Kaizer Chiefs left-back Tsepo Masilela has admitted ahead of today’s big match-up at FNB Stadium.
The former Getafe defender and ex-Bafana Bafana veteran played down mischievous assertions by Downs coach Pitso Mosimane that Chiefs are favourites in the Absa Premiership showdown‚ and admitted Downs are dangerous in front of goal from all positions.
“They’ve got goals everywhere. Percy Tau scores‚ Themba Zwane scores‚ KK scores‚ they’ve got Leonardo Castro back.
“Thapelo Morena‚ when he plays more attacking‚ scores. So they’ve got goals everywhere.
“So if you lose concentration you will get punished playing against such opposition.”
Fourth-placed Chiefs‚ on 36 points from 21 games‚ are playing to remain serious contenders in the title race.
Title favourites Sundowns have dropped seven points in the last three games – two draws and a defeat – and need victory to potentially eliminate a league contender and get their game of points catch-up back on track.
The fifth-placed Brazilians have 34 points from 17 matches.
Meanwhile, Ajax Cape Town coach Stanley Menzo is well aware of how crucial the three points up for grabs today are when his side travel to Maritzburg United for their Absa Premiership today.
It is a battle between two sides coached‚ somewhat unsuccessfully‚ by Roger de Sa this season‚ though his departure from United during the international break means Fadlu Davids has been handed the reins until the end of the season.
United have an excellent recent record against Ajax and won 2-1 in Cape Town during the early days of Menzo’s tenure in the first half of the season.
A similar result could lift them into the top eight and leave the Urban Warriors in further crisis and still without a win in 2017.
Menzo knows that controlling the midfield is key but is without the suspended Grant Margeman‚ who has been in fine form for the side this season.
“We have to control the game. We have enough quality in this team to get out of the situation we find ourselves in‚” Menzo said. “We are going there for all three points.”
Victory for Ajax will move them above Maritzburg with just a single point between the sides‚ potentially dropping the KwaZulu-Natal side into the relegation mix.
“All in all‚ though‚ we have to control things‚ we have to set the rhythm. If there are opportunities to take advantage‚ then we have to do so and when we have to be careful‚ then we must take care‚” Menzo said.
Menzo believes that in the PSL‚ all results are possible and that teams below them could go on a run of form.
“ Baroka could have beaten Chiefs ‚ you just don't know. We have to be sure that we take our points.”
Maritzburg have won three of their last four matches against Ajax and have a single home defeat to the Urban Warriors over the last decade.
Chiefs wary of Downs goal power
The former Getafe defender and ex-Bafana Bafana veteran played down mischievous assertions by Downs coach Pitso Mosimane that Chiefs are favourites in the Absa Premiership showdown‚ and admitted Downs are dangerous in front of goal from all positions.
“They’ve got goals everywhere. Percy Tau scores‚ Themba Zwane scores‚ KK scores‚ they’ve got Leonardo Castro back.
“Thapelo Morena‚ when he plays more attacking‚ scores. So they’ve got goals everywhere.
“So if you lose concentration you will get punished playing against such opposition.”
Fourth-placed Chiefs‚ on 36 points from 21 games‚ are playing to remain serious contenders in the title race.
Title favourites Sundowns have dropped seven points in the last three games – two draws and a defeat – and need victory to potentially eliminate a league contender and get their game of points catch-up back on track.
The fifth-placed Brazilians have 34 points from 17 matches.
Meanwhile, Ajax Cape Town coach Stanley Menzo is well aware of how crucial the three points up for grabs today are when his side travel to Maritzburg United for their Absa Premiership today.
It is a battle between two sides coached‚ somewhat unsuccessfully‚ by Roger de Sa this season‚ though his departure from United during the international break means Fadlu Davids has been handed the reins until the end of the season.
United have an excellent recent record against Ajax and won 2-1 in Cape Town during the early days of Menzo’s tenure in the first half of the season.
A similar result could lift them into the top eight and leave the Urban Warriors in further crisis and still without a win in 2017.
Menzo knows that controlling the midfield is key but is without the suspended Grant Margeman‚ who has been in fine form for the side this season.
“We have to control the game. We have enough quality in this team to get out of the situation we find ourselves in‚” Menzo said. “We are going there for all three points.”
Victory for Ajax will move them above Maritzburg with just a single point between the sides‚ potentially dropping the KwaZulu-Natal side into the relegation mix.
“All in all‚ though‚ we have to control things‚ we have to set the rhythm. If there are opportunities to take advantage‚ then we have to do so and when we have to be careful‚ then we must take care‚” Menzo said.
Menzo believes that in the PSL‚ all results are possible and that teams below them could go on a run of form.
“ Baroka could have beaten Chiefs ‚ you just don't know. We have to be sure that we take our points.”
Maritzburg have won three of their last four matches against Ajax and have a single home defeat to the Urban Warriors over the last decade.
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