Mamelodi Sundowns are through to the group stages of this season’s Confederation of African Football Champions League after a 2-1 win over USM Alger of Algeria in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon.
Sundowns reached the knockout stages with two games to spare with first-half goals from Thapelo Morena and Sibusiso Vilakazi.
Full time at Loftus! Victory for Downs sees us guarantee qualification for the quarter-finals stages of the CAF Champions League!
Mamelodi Sundowns (36' Morena, 45'+1 Vilakazi) 2⃣➖1⃣ USM Alger (44' Mahious) #Sundowns #DownsLive #CAFCL pic.twitter.com/fm1aD0yM4f
— Mamelodi Sundowns FC (@Masandawana) January 11, 2020
Meanwhile, Stellenbosch FC moved up to 11th spot on the ABSA Premiership table after a 4-1 away win over Highlands Park in Tembisa.
In another PSL fixture played on Saturday afternoon, Baroka FC moved off the bottom of the log after a slender 1-0 win against neighbours Polokwane City in a local derby.
Polokwane City coach Clinton Larsen says he played with a makeshift defence after three of his centre-halves were not available.
“I thought after the first five minutes conceding the penalty it was one-way traffic. I thought the boys played very well. Unfortunately, we have no defenders available. We’ve had to put a winger at right full-back. Our right full-back at centre half, because all three centre-halves are injured but be that as it may, I thought it was one-way traffic throughout the first half and second, and we just could not get the ball over the line.”
