Swashbuckling Sundowns samba into the group stages of the Caf Champions League

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Swashbuckling Sundowns samba into the group stages of the Caf Champions League
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South African football is floating on a purple cloud of continental success after two domestic sides cruised into the all-important group stages of the Caf Champions League in swashbuckling fashion at the weekend.

South African football is floating on a purple cloud of continental success after two domestic sides cruised into the all-importantA clinical Mamelodi Sundowns lived up to expectations as they comfortably dispatched Congolese side AS Maniema Union 2-0 at Loftus stadium in Pretoria It was always going to take something special for Maniema to stop the 2016 Champions League winners from progressing to the next phase of the continental showpiece as the Democratic Republic of Congo side started...

Lakay teed up his shot and delivered a crisp, curling, deceptive and snaking shot that dipped and bobbed before sneaking past bemused Maniema goalkeeper Jackson Lunanga Kialema. Sundowns increased their stranglehold on proceedings as the game progressed and the visitors will have been happy that they were only a goal down at the half time break.

The breakthrough finally came when Lakay delivered yet another curling free kick that somehow slipped through Kialema's hands and spilled onto the path of a lurking Shalulile, and the deadly Namibian made no mistake and beat the hapless Maniema goalkeeper from close range.

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