Modiba: Sundowns primed for ‘different’ Pyramids FC

SUPERSPORT United’s ability to be a feeder team for Mamelodi Sundowns has mostly paid off, as the playing personnel graduate from being boys to men.

- MIHLALI BALEKA

SuperSport were the first team to win the Premiership for three successive seasons in the PSL era during the reign of coach Gavin Hunt.

But after selling most of their depth to cross-town rivals Sundowns, there's been a power shift in domestic football as the latter dominated in the league.

The Brazilians, with the help of former SuperSport players, recently won a record-extending eighth championship in a row via the Premiership this season.

Now that they are eyeing their second African crown in the CAF Champions League this season, they could be helped by the former players of their arch-rivals.

Aubrey Modiba, Ronwen Williams, Teboho Mokoena and Grant Kekana were inexperienced when they lost the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup final with SuperSport to TP Mazembe.

But fast-forward to eight years later, the quartet have grown in leaps and bounds as they've become fully-fledged players for Sundowns and Bafana Bafana.

Masandawana, as such, will heavily rely on them to guide the club to the continental title when they face Pyramids FC in the showdown over the two-legged contest.