Sales: Special loading against 'Big Flu' for Sundowns

IT’S win or bust for Mamelodi Sundowns at the Fifa Club World Cup this afternoon as the South African champions look to make it into the knockout stage of the 32-team global showpiece.

- MATSHELANE MAMABOLO

Sundowns face off against Brazilian outfit Fluminense in the final match of Group E, knowing that victory is the only way for them to finish in the top two and qualify for the round of 16. Currently third in the group with three points following their victory in the opener arate Ulsan, Miguel Cardoso’ team will be on six points should they win Wednesday

That will be enough to see them knock the team from Brazil out of the competition. Fluminense, however, will progress with just a draw, which would take them to five points.

But what if the unthinkable happens in the other match and Ulsan beat Borussia Dortmund, while Sundowns draw with Fluminense - aka the Big Flu?

The South Africans and the Germans would then finish on four points each, and a one-goal defeat for Dortmund would leave both teams with a goal difference of zero. Sundowns would then lose out on head-to-head rules, courtesy of the 4-3 defeat they suffered on Saturday.