3 Sundowns Stars Who Deserve to Start Against Pyramids FC in CAFCL Final Second Leg

• Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso have been urged to include three players in his starting line-up for the second leg against Pyramids FC in the CAF Champions League final
• The Brazilians are gunning for their second CAF Champions League title this season but face a huge task of getting a win against Pyramids when they travel to Egypt later this week
• A sport journalist, in an exclusive interview with Briefly News, shared his thoughts on the players he believes should start the second leg for the Premier Soccer League giants after a disappointing ending to the first

Mamelodi Sundowns will lock horns with Pyramids FC in the second leg of the CAF Champions League final next weekend after the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw at the Loftus Versfeld.

Lucas Ribeiro Costa, who Themba Zwane chose as his Player of the Season in the PSL, thought he has won the first leg for the Brazilians after scoring in the first ten minutes of the second half, but a late goal from Walid El Karti earned the Egyptian side a deserved draw in South Africa.

3 Sundowns stars who deserve to start against Pyramids

In an exclusive chat with Briefly News, sports journalist Uche Anuma named three Mamelodi Sundowns stars who should be in Cardoso’s starting line-up for the second leg.

"I think Miguel Cardoso needs to start the second leg with all his best players, rather than gamble with the line up like he did in the first leg," he said.

"Themba Zwane needs to come into the lineup, I know he's trying to manage him as he just returned from injury, but I think he's fit enough to start games now.

"After Themba, Jayden Adams should be the next person on the list as Sundowns need a player who can switch play from midfield to attack because Pyramids FC will want to come all out in the opening minutes of the second leg to see if they can get an early goal before switching to a low block.

"I think it is inevitable not to have a striker in the starting line-up, which means Iqraam Rayners should still be in the starting line-up for the second leg, even if it means sacrificing Lucas Ribeiro, who can come in as a joker in the second half."

Anuma pointed out some of the mistakes Cardoso made in the first leg, but noted they were visible in the first half.

"I think one of the mistakes he made in the first leg was starting the game going all out on attack," he added.

"Tashreeq Matthews, Rayners, Artur Sales, and Ribeiro were all included in the starting line-up, and he forgot he needed an extra man in midfield to counter Pyramids FC’s two-man defensive midfield set-up.

"He quickly introduced Jayden Adams in the first when he saw that they were lacking in that aspect."

Cardoso calls for calm ahead of Pyramids' clash

Briefly News earlier reported that Miguel Cardoso has called for calm ahead of the second leg of the CAF Champions League final against Pyramids FC in Egypt.

The Portuguese mentor believes the Betway Premiership champions have all it takes to get an away win in Egypt this forthcoming weekend.

Source: Briefly News