Seven defenders: Mosimane explains why he crammed Sundowns' back four against Chiefs

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“They play diagonal balls that come from behind and if you don’t deal with that you will be in trouble.' BraMahlatse

The Brazilians withstood consistent attacks from Chiefs for most of the second half to emerge 1-0 winners‚ leaving the two teams level on points at the top of the standings with three games remaining.

In the midfield‚ he had two defensive midfielders in the form of Rivaldo Coetzee and Andile Jali‚ who replaced Themba Zwane after 65 minutes‚ in what turned out to be a defensive masterstroke. “If you play Chiefs‚ you look at the diagonal balls that they play behind. Samir Nurkovic and Leonardo Castro were not playing‚ but that’s their plan and that’s the way they play.

“It’s not what I want to play. Obviously they wanted to win the game and they were putting a lot of pressure on us and we have to respond.

 

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