Cardoso's presence was felt immediately with four changes from the Sundowns XI that played to a 1-1 with FAR in Morocco last Saturday.
Iqraam Rayners scored the only goal of the match as the Brazilians notched up their first win of the group stage campaign.
Miguel Cardoso’s reign as a Mamelodi Sundowns coach got off to a positive start with a 1-0 victory over Raja Casablanca in a Caf Champions League match at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday afternoon. Mosa Lebusa, Sphelele Mkhulise, Divine Lunga and Neo Maema were given the nod to play in what looked like a 3-4-3 formation by the new coach in his first game in charge. The system saw Teboho Mokoena play in a slightly deeper role when Sundowns were in possession of the ball with Marcelo Allende in front of him. At times Mokoena played more like a centre-back and pulled strings from his own half alongside Malibongwe Khoza and Lebusa.
It was the former Stellenbosch FC man’s third goal of the competition and his second in the group stages after scoring against FAR in the previous game.
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