Downs will now face Pyramids FC in a Caf Champions League sport in Cairo subsequent Tuesday.
Mamelodi Sundowns cruised previous Cape City Spurs with a 3-0 victory in a DStv Premiership encounter on Wednesday night time at Loftus Versfeld.
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The Brazilians stretched their run to 11 consecutive wins within the league and within the course of opened an eight-point lead on the high of the log standings.
Sipho Mbule, Grant Kekana and Peter Shalulile have been heading in the right direction for the house staff in what was a present of drive by Sundowns who may afford to relaxation all of their massive names for the sport.
Rulani Mokwena made 10 adjustments to the staff that was held to a goalless draw by Pyramids FC final Sunday. Solely Kekana retained his place within the beginning XI because the coach gave a few of his star performers a relaxation to ease the workload of their grueling schedule.
The adjustments had the specified impact. The staff regarded more energizing and ran rings across the City Warriors who’ve now misplaced 13 of their opening 14 league matches.
The defending champions have been on cruise management for your complete sport in opposition to the Capetonians who supplied little or no resistance in Tshwane.
The primary half regarded like a coaching session with sundowns effortlessly controlling the sport and Spurs chasing shadows beneath the lights at Loftus.
Sundowns deservedly took the lead within the twenty third minute by Mbule who thundered in a venomous effort into the highest nook to give Spurs ‘keeper Neil Boshoff no likelihood.
Kekana doubled his facet’s lead 5 minutes later after the guests did not clear their strains and the Bafana Bafana defender pounced to make it 2-0.
It may have been worse for Spurs had Masandawana been extra medical in entrance of aim. They have been lucky to move into the break trailing by solely two targets.
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Mbule ought to have had a brace within the opening 45 minutes however he was denied by the crossbar seven minutes earlier than the interval.
Shalulile got here off the bench to spherical off the scoring on the stroke of full time with a easy faucet in on the far publish.
Downs will now face Pyramids FC in a Caf Champions League sport in Cairo subsequent Tuesday whereas Spurs can have a full week to get better earlier than visiting AmaZulu subsequent Friday.