Mamelodi Sundowns News Today: How Downs legend motivated Tito, Club lauded for CL achievement, & more

The latest Mamelodi Sundowns news in the last 24 hours including how Teko Modise motivated Patrick Maswanganyi, club lauded for reaching the CAF Champions League final, and more.

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How Sundowns legend motivated Tito

Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Patrick Maswanganyi has revealed that ex-Buccaneers and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Teko Modise is the one player he looked up to growing up.

Maswanganyi, 28, left Pirates to join Bahraini side Al Khaldiya ahead of the current season, revealing during a chat with the South African Football Journalist Association that it was due social media backlash directed at him and his family.

“I’ve always like his style of play and how he dresses, how he talks."

Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Patrick Maswanganyi has revealed that ex-Buccaneers and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Teko Modise is the one player he looked up to growing up. https://t.co/mlNYwHh9kF pic.twitter.com/G0qXrXyVBu

— iDiski Times (@iDiskiTimes) November 12, 2026

‘Tito’ as he is affectionally know has explained that he identified with Modise’s style of play, but also dress style and looks from an early age when asked about his football idol.

“Teko Modise, when I used to watch him, I would obviously see myself playing like him,” Tito told SAFJA.

“I’ve always tried to copy his style and also when I did braids cause he had like dreadlocks I tried to do my braids because I never told anyone this but I saw him had dreadlocks and I thought I don’t like dreadlocks so I should do braids.

“It’s someone that I’ve always seen myself in. I’ve always wanted to meet and I’ve met him. I’ve always like his style of play and how he dresses, how he talks. He’s just an amusing person that I’ve always looked up to,” he concluded.

Modise won three trophies during his time at Pirates, and latter added six more – including two Premier Soccer League title and the CAF Champions League – during his time at Mamelodi Sundowns.

Sundowns lauded after reaching CAF CL final

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies attacking midfielder Noxolo Cesane has reacted to her side reaching this year’s CAF Women’s Champions League final, saying the semi-final showing against Kawempe Muslim Ladies proved how much they wanted it.

Cesane scored the winner in the 4-1 victory over the Ugandan side in Egypt on Wednesday to help Sundowns reach their overall third final at the competition. This was Cesane’s first Champions League goal and her seventh overall this season, six coming in the Hollywoodbets Super League.

"I think we've done a great job by winning this final out of the finals played, which is [all] the games because each game was a final game for us."

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies attacking midfielder Noxolo Cesane has reacted to her side reaching this year’s CAF Women’s Champions… pic.twitter.com/5Hjy46oxmn

— iDiski Times (@iDiskiTimes) November 12, 2026

It has been an enduring period for the Godfrey Sapula-led side on the continent in the last two seasons. They got knocked out at the group stage in 2024 and missed the finals completely in 2025 having lost out at the regional qualifiers.

The Banyana Banyana international, meanwhile, spoke about the intensity of the semi-final and how her side treated each game throughout the campaign as a final.

“The game was high intensity and I don’t have much to say about the game,” he told Sundowns media department.

“But it showed that both of the teams really wanted to win, really wanted to go to the final. And I think we’ve done a great job by winning this final out of the finals played, which is [all] the games because each game was a final game for us.

“I mean, despite playing our football the instructions from the coach were to make sure that we discomfort them, we go forward and make sure we score early in the game, so we’ll be able to manage the game in a way.

“If it happened that they come at us at least, we would be able to recover during the game. I mean, it was a hard game, but we all wanted [to win].”