Mamelodi Sundowns News Today: Bad news for Downs star, Pirates served warning and more

Latest news about Mamelodi Sundowns in the last 24 hours including bad news for Masandawana star, Pirates served warning and more.

World Cup dream over for Sundowns star!

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso has delivered a grim injury update on Keanu Cupido, suggesting the defender may have suffered a season-ending injury during the high-stakes clash against Kaizer Chiefs – and used the moment to deliver a pointed message to Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos.

#ICYMI: Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso has delivered a grim injury update on Keanu Cupido, suggesting the defender may have suffered a season-ending injury during the high-stakes clash against Kaizer Chiefs – and used the moment to deliver a pointed message to Bafana… pic.twitter.com/PLMSiD7wJP

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“We have lost several players with injuries, I think coach Hugo Broos is very happy because it seems the luck is picking the ones who are not Bafana established players but let’s see how Morena will be,” Cardoso stated.

“I think Keanu is doing very well, maybe he was not on the thoughts of the coach, but one day he will be an international for Bafana Bafana – I have no doubts, in the moment, he’s probably the best centre-back in the league.”

Lunga serves Pirates warning: It is not done

Mamelodi Sundowns defender Divine Lunga has painted a picture of what things were like in the team after their draw against Kaizer Chiefs earlier this week.

“The boys are in a good mood, even though we did not pick up the result we wanted against Kaizer Chiefs. As I can say, the boys are in a good mood to step on for this match we are approaching against Siwelele,” he told Sundowns’ media team.

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“We are going to do our best to collect maximum points because the race is still on. We are going to take one game at a time. That’s what we always do as Sundowns. We don’t have to put ourselves in any pressure. We have to focus on winning our games. We’ve been doing it for so long, we can’t change it now.

“We were a bit disappointed because we wanted maximum points. It was not an easy game and everyone was expecting that we would collect maximum points, but the game are always giving different dynamics.

“The boys were sad after the game, but we tried to gel up so quick because we are playing week in and week out. We have to bring ourselves together to focus on the upcoming game against Siwelele.”