‘They have not been the same since losing to Kaizer Chiefs’ – Fans react to Sundowns draw

Mamelodi Sundowns’ lacklustre efficiency in opposition to Al Ahly was blamed on final week’s defeat to Kaizer Chiefs.

Masandawana had been dumped out of the Nedbank Cup final weekend by Amakhosi regardless of being favourites in that match. The two-1 defeat noticed the Brazilians’ 13-match unbeaten run in opposition to Chiefs come to an finish.

On Saturday afternoon, Sundowns performed to a goalless draw in opposition to Al Ahly within the first leg of the CAF Champions League semi-final. Regardless of having over 70% of the ball, Miguel Cardoso’s aspect failed to hassle the Crimson Devils.

Following their disappointing house draw, some followers blamed Kaizer Chiefs for disrupting Sundowns’ momentum. The Brazilians regarded out of kinds in opposition to Al Ahly and had been fortunate to not concede a couple of objectives on Saturday afternoon on the Loftus Versfeld.

Followers on X (Twitter) felt the house group lacked confidence in opposition to the ‘group of the century’.

@LyfeSuperstaR wrote: “Kaizer Chiefs actually broken this Sundowns group’s confidence. They’re not the identical anymore.”

@Maliqo wrote: “The issue is Cardoso deliberate for this sport, then Chiefs occurred. He want to vary the whole lot due to being a coward. If he knew that he was going to want Zwane for this sport, why didn’t he give him minutes in opposition to these villagers?”

Kaizer Chiefs loss affected Sundowns, followers suspect

Cardoso made Sundowns play like Chiefs. The bubble is over,” @MANGENGE_ tweeted.

These are sport stats the place the house group received zero pictures on aim. The away group received 2 objectives dominated offside. The great work we did in opposition to Esperence solely to be destroyed by Chiefs. That is Chiefs impact, no layer desires to commit errors,” tweeted @Maliqo.

“Ever for the reason that Kaizer Chiefs win, Mamelodi Sundowns hasn’t been the identical,” tweeted @msjmusa.