Sundowns and Pirates labour under Covid-19 conditions to goalless draw

The two teams managed a decent tempo, but the fireworks almost always associated with this perennially much-awaited fixture were notably subdued.

With a second intense match-up, following Saturday night’s 3-2 Nedbank Cup semifinal win over Bidvest Wits, for legs nowhere near conditioned enough for such a programme, Mosimane had Lebogang Maboe at right-back. Substitute scorer Keletso Makgalwa came in at false No.9 for Sibusiso Vilakazi, who limped off against Wits.

It cannot be said enough – five months of being housebound, and a month of training, just a week of that as a squad and contact, will make for football between players with legs of concrete. Sphelele Mkhulise’s low squared ball from the right found the touch of Themba Zwane at the near post to force an impressively sharp reflex save from Wayne Sandilands.

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