Cape Town City vs Mamelodi Sundowns

Cape Town City and Mamelodi Sundowns will get the ball rolling for the 2022-23 DStv Premiership season at the DHL Cape Town City on Friday.

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“Their second round of the season was unbelievable and we know for the fact that we are not going to be playing pushovers. “If you look at the performance of Pirates and Cape Town City, even ourselves, you will see that Pirates deserved to be probably in a higher position than that. “If we beat Cape Town City you know they can beat the next five teams in the league and if you have beaten them you gave yourself a chance,” he said.

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The Brazilians were the best team in the league last season with a sixteen-point gap. They will hope to go one better this coming season, but how they manage with the extra pressures of a maiden Caf Champions League campaign will be the definitive factor. Can the visitors kick off the season with a win away from home?

The 2022-23 PSL season will start on Friday with a clash between defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns and Cape Town City taking place in the Mother City.

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“I see that Pirates and Chiefs have signed a lot of good players. “Other teams [such as Chiefs and Pirates] still have to fight to improve their positions from six to three. Sundowns and Cape Town City are the representatives of the country [this season], so they have the bigger responsibility to make sure the trophy comes home,” stated the 51-year-old mentor. Prior to that, the Orlando outfit last won silverware in 2014. They also conceded the fewest goals (jointly), letting in just two (alongside Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and Espérance of Tunisia). The sides with the next-best haul are Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, with just four apiece.

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He has been in this position before on an interim basis. They have a well-balanced squad of talented players, such as 2021/22 PSL Goalkeeper of the Season Hugo Marques, Taariq Fielies, Terrence Mashego, Mogamat May, Thabo Nodada, Mduduzi Mdantsane and many others who could help their cause. After that, they ended the campaign with a 16-point gap ahead of runners up, Cape Town City. Downs have made it seem effortless in how they have continuously edged out competitors for silverware. And the pressure is on for '10111' – who is an Amakhosi legend - and fans have expectations that he is the man that can end their seven-year trophy drought. We will get a first glimpse of the kind of football Riveiro will want the Buccaneers to play and whether his players can pull it off in the first match, as three points will be decisive.

The 2022/23 DStv Premiership season kicks off with last season's runners-up Cape Town City FC hosting champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

The 2022/23 DStv Premiership season kicks off with last-season’s runners-up Cape Town City FC hosting champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Photo: Twitter @Masandawana The 2022/23 DStv Premiership season kicks off with last-season’s runners-up Cape Town City FC hosting champions Mamelodi Sundowns. The 2022/23 DStv Premiership season kicks off with last-season’s runners-up Cape Town City FC hosting champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Photo: Twitter @Masandawana