By Siphiwo Boqwana.
Amakhadi abomvu ayixhaphakele iMamelodi Sundowns kwezintsuku, u-Dennis Onyango ongunozinti weliqela phezolo ngethuba bebetha iqela leMarumo Gallants ekuhambeni ngamanqaku amathathu kwelinye (3-1) eBloemfontein.
Ukhumbule ukuba kumdlalo we-Nedbank u-Matthews ongumdlali we-Sundowms ufumene ikhadi elibomvu ngethuba bebetha iMpheni Home Defenders ngamanqaku amabini kwiqanda (2-0) ngeCawa umhla weshumi elinesithandathu (16) kumdlalo wamaqela okugqibela alishumi elinesithandathu (16).
Eli qela iGallants lifake kuqala inqaku kwisiqingatha sokuqala (1) somdlalo kwi-Betway Premiership ngoLwesithathu ezintsukwini umhla weshumi elinethoba (19) kwinyanga yoMdumba nalapho iye yahamba phambili ngelinye eqandeni (1-0).
Ibuye ngamandla iKabu Yellow kwisiqingatha sesibini ifaka amanqaku athe aliphumelelisa eliqela lamaSandawana. Abahlinzeki banqenqeze phambili kwade kwayiwa ekhefini, i-Sundowns yabuya yafaka amanqaku amathathu (3) kwisiqingatha sesibini.
Emva kwalomdlalo waphezolo ii-Brazilians zikhokela kwindawo yokuqala kwi-Betway ngamanqaku alishumi elinesibini ishiya i-Pirates ngasemva kwindawo yesibini (2).
Abafake amanqaku e-Sundowns ngu-Iqraam Rayners, u-Lucas Ribeiro Costa no-Marcelo Allende.