Match officials have been under fire this season. Here's more pressure from Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena.
The day has finally arrived. It’s Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 final, and Rhulani Mokwena has notes for the match officials.There’s no longer a string of days to endure. The big battle is edging closer to the 18:00 kick off.Pirates’ Erasmus sends message to Sundowns
With an expected capacity crowd of 85 000 and millions more viewers on television, Sundowns coach Mokwena has looked back on injuries Sundowns suffered in this encounter.Speaking ahead of the game, Mokwena has suggested officials must watch out for Pirates’ defenders like Tapelo Xoki and Nkosinathi Sibisi.
“We know and understand the magnitude of the assignment. Hopefully, it’s a very good game of football without the harassment of referees, without the physicality with tackles that are over the top,” Mokwena said via the “Almost every game we lose a player against Pirates like with a very, very severe injury to Haashim Domingo in the Carling Black Label .“Nasir is still not here because of the situation with Mpontshane and Sibisi took Marcelo out on the halfway line with a studs-up two-footed tackle. Marcelo hasn’t really recovered from that.
“So, I am hoping for a game that doesn’t have too much of those and we have more football and the people are able to talk about the football and less about the handbags, hopefully that is the type of game we get to witness,” the Sundowns boss added.
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