Mamelodi Sundowns will be hoping to get the job done on Saturday when they take on three-time CAF Champions League winners Wydad Athletic Club in the second leg of their semis clash at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium starting 4 PM EAT.Masandawana held the defending champions to a barren draw in Morocco despite finishing the game with two players less, a result they will be hoping to better at home.Kenyan international Brian Mandela who is attached to Mamelodi remains a doubt for the clash as he has been nursing an injury.Coach Rulani Mokwena believes his side can capitalize on a quick start to the match and grab a goal in the early stages of the game just like they have been doing in recent matches mostly in the league.##NAJAVA_MECA_7270514##Nevertheless, he has called for calm and patience not only from the players and the team in general but also from the supporters who will be at the match venue cheering the team.“Am I expecting us to score an early goal? Probably how we’ve gone about playing the last few games. There is the trust that the goal will come. But we have to be very, very patient. And that patience is not just for the team and the players on the pitch, it’s also going to be for the crowd and the supporters. They’ve got to be patient and know that this team has got goals. And this team has the right mental fortitude to be able to overcome any of the football challenges that we might face on Saturday,” Mokwena said.CAF: Another year, another showpiece for the Red Devils“We have to figure out a way past every opponent. That’s the work that we do. Everybody at the club tries to invest time and hours into assisting the players to make sure that the performances are good against any opponent. The mentality, as I’ve said in the past, is that we try to win every game, every single pass, every single training session, every single small-sided game. And that mentality hopefully is what has carried us to where we are. I’m hoping that that is the mentality that we will demonstrate up until the end of the season. And I have no doubts because this team has never given me any reason to doubt. Their credibility, their ability to play football and to win football matches,” he added.His counterpart, Wydad’s head coach Sven Vandenbroeck, admits that sundowns dominated the initial stages of the match in the first leg but remains confident that they will get a good result as they have rectified their mistakes in training.“You saw last week, Sundowns dominated the game, after 10 minutes they have a good team, you can see the coach is there for a longer period, his hand on the team is quite obvious in offensive and defensive play, with a system not common in football. The four in midfield and two deep strikers is which is unusual in the Northern part of Africa, so it’s unusual and caused us a few problems in the first game. We tried to rectify everything in training [this week] so we hope to have a better image in the game. But after watching the last game, I will give Sundowns a little bit of chance to qualify and we’ll put the efforts in to try to beat them and, as you know, a goal away counts double so that can be an advantage to us,” Vandenbroeck offered.The winner takes on Al Ahly Cairo in the final.
