Mamelodi Sundowns played against Orlando Pirates at Dobsonville stadium. This was the second Sundowns game in 3 days and the first game for the sea robbers since the resumption of the PSL game post the Corona ban suspension.
The game started off with Sundowns attacking and putting Pirates under pressure, however, pirates seems to get back in the game after about half an hour of play.
Fortune Makaringe hit the post in the 57th minute having beaten Dennis Onyango.
Pirates’ Coach stated that he was fine with a 0 – 0 score as he could see that the team had not played in a while and the performance of the team had improved in the second half.
Orlando Pirates had 13 attempts on goal and 5 shots on target
Although, the two teams take one point each and this put the brakes on Sundowns’ run in on the Amakhosi the log leader.
Pirates’ next game is against Bidvest Wits on Saturday 15th August 2020, 18h00 at Ellis Park Stadium
In the post-match interview, Pitso Mosimane stated that it was a game of two halves, the first half he believes Sundowns performed well and the second half they did not perform too well.
Sundowns had 8 attempts on goal and a single shot on target
Sundowns’ next game is against Highlands Park on Friday 14th August 2020, 18h00.
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