USantos wakhuluma ngokuthaba ukugqoka iNomoro 10 kwaDowns
Umaphakathi weMamelodi Sundowns, uNuno Santos, uthi uthabe begodu uzizwa ahloniphekile ukuletha ijazi leqembu elidumile leNomoro 10.
Wakhuluma lokhu ngemva komdlalo wakhe omhlopheqile ngesikhathi iSundowns inqoba ngo-3-1 emdlalweni weCaf Champions League esigabeni samaqembu bebaphikisana leSaint-Eloi Lupopo ngoMgqibelo.
Lo mdlali wasemaPhuthukezi ubeneduli yebhola eLoftus Stadium, lapho ashaye khona amabhola amabili wabesele asiza igoli likaMarcelo Allende, waletha uzinzo nekhono ekuqaleni komkhankaso esigabeni seGroup B.
Igoli lakhe lokuvula umdlalo likhuphule ingcindezi kubaphikisi ngaphambi kokuthi iLupopo ilinganise ngathwasa isiwombe sokuqala.
Allende ubuyisele umlomo wendlu esiwombeni sesibili ngemizuzwana embalwa sekubuyelwe, kwazokuthi uSantos avale umphumela ngekhanda elihle ngomzuzu wama-77.
Ukuzimbandakanya kwakhe kwamagoli amathathu kuveze iinkumbulo ngoLucas Ribeiro Costa, owokugcina weSundowns obe nalo ijazi leNomoro 10 eqenjini elizinze eChloorkop.
Ngesikhathi atjhunywa ngemva komdlalo, uNuno Santos ubonise ukuzidla ngokuthwala inamba edumile.
“Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ukugqoka leNomoro,” akutjho njalo. “Yinomboro ebengiythanda kusukela ngisakade ngidlala ibhola.
“Kuhle kakhulu kimi ukuthi iqembu lingiphe leli thuba. Ngiyayazi imbali yaleNomoro lapha, begodu ngithabe kakhulu.”
Manje iSundowns isakuphendukela emsebenzini onzima wokudlala ngaphandle leMC Alger e-Algeria ngoLwesihlanu.
Iqembu likaRulani Mokwena lizakufuna ukwenza ngcono emizamweni yalo ngemva kobenehlulwa ngomdlalo wokuqala bangaphandle kuya ku-Al Hilal ngesonto eledlileko.
