JOHANNESBURG – Champions Mamelodi Sundowns began their DStv Premiership title defence with a comfortable victory over Kaizer Chiefs, the team they pipped for the title, at a deserted FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The new era that’s underway at Sundowns, following the departure of coach Pitso Mosimane, may take a while before it fully blossoms and bears fruit. But once that transition is done, expect a fully fledged team that will have no problems in competing on all fronts. Sundowns' win away in Soweto on the opening day of the DStv Premiership was decent, despite warming up to the match late after a threatening start from the home side.
There were reasons to believe that Sundowns’ outcome would go south, having lost their first match of the season in the MTN8 quarter-finals to Bloemfontein Celtic and some of the key players still hungover after scooping individual accolades at the PSL annual awards on Thursday. The Brazilians’ talisman Themba Zwane, who scored his team’s winning goal through a penalty after another Itumeleng Khune blunder, was the big winner at the virtual event, scooping three major awards, which include the coveted PSL Footballer of the Season.Kaizer Chiefs 0️⃣➖3️⃣ Mamelodi Sundowns
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