Latest on Sundowns’ Williams, Mokoena injuries ahead of USM Alger date

Mamelodi Sundowns were in action on Tuesday in the Carling Knockout quarter-final against Golden Arrows without the services of Ronwen Williams and Teboho Mokoena.

Despite a tough outing, Masandawana eventually defeated Mandla Ncikazi’s men by a solitary goal. Iqraam Rayners was the hero of the evening at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, ensuring his team made the semi-final of South Africa’s annual competition.

Ahead of the CAF Super Cup fixture against CAF Confederation Cup defending champions USM Alger, coach Miguel Cardoso has shared the latest regarding the two stars.

Latest on Williams and Mokoena

“Very difficult to really, we cannot risk the health of a player and this is our role here, it’s to protect our players and the health of the players. Let’s see how things will progress and obviously we’d like them to be ready for the biggest matches. I think we have players who are doing well in their positions, whom we trust,” Cardoso stated.

“We had a big setback with Teboho as you understood, publicly, he didn’t come, not even close to being in good conditions from the national team, he returned injured, and it was important he played in the MTN8 final.

“But then an unfortunate action against Wiliete, he was standing on one leg, he had a contact and of course it was a small thing on the leg, let’s see… A lot of work has been done on him, you saw him smiling and dancing.

“I think his mood is okay – his capacity to play, let’s see when he can come back of course, we have to protect him. Ronwen is a similar process, it’s not a big injury, he was struggling, we’re doing our best to have him in proper conditions, because we need to protect these players, so we need to take our time,” he concluded.