Miguel Cardoso reacts to equaling Rulani Mokwena’s Mamelodi Sundowns record

Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Chippa United 4-1 on Friday night at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium to overtake Orlando Pirates on the Premier Soccer League table.

The win for the defending champions put them on 53 points from 22 games which brings them closer to their ninth title in a row. Miguel Cardoso won his first Mzansi title in his debut campaign, when he replaced the now Golden Arrow coach Manqoba Mngqithi.

By beating the Chilli Boys, Cardoso equalled Rulani Mokwena’s nine consecutive victories. It was a massive result ahead of the first leg of the CAF Champions League outing away to Tunisian heavyweights Esperance.

Coach Miguel Cardoso is happy to have made it nine league games in a row, but insists the job is not yet done.

Mamelodi Sundowns’ Cardoso reacts to nine wins in a row

“Very important [to win nine consecutive games] but not enough, we need to look forward and continue to collect [wins], because if we sit on what we did, for sure we will not arrive where we need to arrive,” he stated.

“So next match, let’s try to go to Durban, make a job similar to what we have been doing, not worrying about how many [goals or wins], I don’t even think about that, because it takes you to a spot or place, that gives you nothing.

“So we cannot leg it go, we have to think about the next ones and of course, if we want to be champions, we need to make a good series of victories in the matches we still have – for sure, and there will be not space of many loses of points.

“So we have to always think about the next one, so next one will take us to this squence of two matches, then we stop for the Champions League, then there will be three more matches on the month. So focus is now the Durban match, Champions League, then we back into the league, not space too lose many points, so we have to add more victories to that [nine wins] for sure,” Cardoso concluded.

The next outing for the Brazilians will be on Tuesday against Durban City, who are chasing a top-eight finish.