Mamelodi Sundowns may have won the MTN8 final at the weekend but co-coach Rulani Mokwena believes their game was hampered after Thabiso Kutumela's forced substitution against Cape Town City at Moses Mabhida Stadium.
Sundowns held their nerve to win the trophy 3-2 on penalties after the two sides had played to a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes of football. recent back-to-back 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia. The Sundowns coach said last month
“He's got a slight strain. I will call it a muscular problem, even though we have not really diagnosed it. It's on the lower part of the foot, which is where he had his operation.” Fagrie Lakay cancelled out Morena's goal with 15 minutes remaining to take the match to extra-time and penalties. Mokwena, delighted to have seen his side win this trophy after 14 years, admitted afterwards that it was hard for them to pin City in their own half.“That substitution didn't really help us,” Mokwena said.
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