Harambee Stars center-back Brian Mandela had a frustrating day in office after his side Mamelodi Sundowns fell 2-1 to SuperSport United in a Premier Soccer League match staged at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Friday evening.Sundowns were looking to beat SuperSport for the second time within a week having humbled the latter 2-0 in the MTN8 quarter-final encounter played last Sunday.##NAJAVA_MECA_6614797##However, Matsatsantsa whose determination to scoop the three points was rife from the onset got their revenge after finding the back of the net twice in the first half.SuperSport took the lead in the ninth minute through Thapelo Maseko who brilliantly tapped in the ball from close range after Iqraam Rayners found him with a well-weighted cross that caught the defence napping.Bradley Grobler stretched the advantage for SuperSport in the final minutes of the first half after Rayners put him through.Eleven minutes into the second half, the going got tougher for Mandela as was cautioned for a late challenge.SDT temporarily halts promotion of APS Bomet and Fortune Sacco to the FKF PLThe former Tusker defender escaped a yellow card in the first half after planting his elbow to an opposing forward while contesting for an aerial ball.Sundowns got the consolation goal in the dying seconds of the game through Ethiopian import Abubeker Nasir who was teed up by Peter Shalulile.Masandawana are scheduled to play Maritzburg, a club Mandela served between 2015 and 2019 next weekend.
