Mamelodi Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi has not ruled out having key marksman Peter Shalulile “coming in as a big surprise” against Orlando Pirates in the second-leg of the MTN8 semi-final at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday.
Shalulile, Sundowns and the league's top scorer in the past two seasons, missed the two Caf Champions League second round matches against La Passe of Seychelles that Sundowns won 15-1 on aggregate.
“The biggest thing I’m happy about is that we tried to see how the team can perform without Peter in the past three matches. “As to whether he [Shalulile] will be part of this one I cannot be sure. We rested him over the past two or three matches because we also want to have him as fresh as possible.
The first leg ended 0-0 with Sundowns failing to have a shot on target, with Mngqithi concluding the loss against Pirates was mishandled by the media in their review of the match.“I think if you look at that game closely, you’ll realise there were many instances where we should have been in scoring positions than just merely talking about shots at goals.
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