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Miguel Cardoso displeased with Aubaas; delighted with his risk to shuffle squad in the Nedbank Cup

Memlodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has reacted to his decision not to utilize his usual starting eleven in their Nedbank Cup game against Sibanye Golden Stars.

Yesterday, January 25, 2025, Mamelodi Sundowns were set to play against amateur side, Sibanye Golden Stars which ended in a 5-2 result in favor of Sundowns even though many unwanted circumstances were registered; the likes of Bathusi Aubaas picked up a red card.

However, the game was characterized by a lot of goals to a tune of seven goals, Mamelodi Sundowns scoring five of the goals on the night. The head coach for Sundowns in his post match interview had admitted that, the chunk of subs to his team for the game was to provide more game time for some players in his team who have not had much playing time which was one of the factors creating some casualties in the game.

“Indeed, we are promoting more substitutions in order to give game time to all the players and it was obvious that we lost some connections. Then a mistake appears on the first goal and immediately the second one and this creates different emotions in the game.

“After the red card with Aubaas obviously it was important to finish the game but then we scored an equalizer then we scored more. It was a matter of having patience because obviously, the difference between the teams should allow us to control the game until the end,” Cardoso said.

Miguel Cardoso displeased with Aubaas; delighted with his risk to shuffle squad in the Nedbank Cup
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The Portuguese mentor further added that, “it’s obvious that cup matches can be tricky and they can be tricky when you don’t take the best attitude inside the pitch. At halftime, I warned the boys very precisely regarding the attitude we should take for the second half but indeed we were not that strong in terms of commitment to the pace that you need to sustain during the second half,” he said.

Miguel Cardoso then explained the risked that comes with the changes he made to his to his team at the start of the game.

“It’s important to understand that it was a big mix of players, some of them coming from two tough games that we had and most of all it’s also important to understand that we suffered the first goal, emotions come on the pitch and we lost ourselves a little bit in terms of organizations,” Miguel Cardoso iterated.

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