Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena has come out in defence of defender Aubrey Modiba who received stinging criticism for his two costly mistakes that led to Al Ahly’s goals in the Caf Champions League match at Loftus on Saturday.
Normally a model of consistency, Modiba was pickpocketed in a move that led to Mohamed Sherif's equaliser and in the second half Percy Tau dribbled past the left-back to score and put the match at 3-2.Asked about his continued ploy of using Modiba as an inverted fullback, Mokwena took the blame as he reflected on the convincing 5-2 win that left Downs top of Group B and Ahly on the verge of a round-robin exit.
Inverted full-backs, instead of being deployed wide, tuck in, in front of the centrebacks, functioning almost as an additional central midfielder. Runaway DStv Premiership leaders Sundowns have a short turnaround to their league match against Royal AM at Loftus on Tuesday night .
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