Sundowns poised to reach last four

Although Mamelodi Sundowns have been knocked out of African cup competitions twice already this year, the South African champions could on Wednesday become the first club to advance to the semi-final stage of the CAF Champions League.

The Brazilians, as they are known, were knocked out on the away-goal rule by Congolese team AS Vita Club in the play-off round to the showpiece event of African club football and then suffered the same fate against Ghanaian team Medeama in the Confederations Cup. But given a lifeline when Vita Club were thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player, Sundowns have grabbed the bull by the horns and won three games in a row – including away matches in North Africa against ES Setif and five-time champions Zamalek.

Though the result against Setif was annulled after the 2014 champions were disqualified from the competition following crowd trouble during and after their match against Sundowns, the South Africans lead Group B with six points from their two matches and need just a point at home against Zamalek to guarantee their place in the round of the last four.

Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane said his team had managed to take their championship-winning league form into the continental competition. “We are riding on the momentum of the league, we are just flowing with what happened in the league. We are just in that whirlpool, a beautiful whirlpool. We just keep going and it’s a very good …

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