There’s plenty to be excited for the PSL’s Christmas period.
Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs are scheduled to play between Christmas Eve and New Years in what will surely be a thrilling few days of soccer.
Upcoming PSL fixtures
Sundowns and Pirates will play twice in quick succession as they exchange blows for the PSL title.
December 24
- AmaZulu vs Mamelodi Sundowns (15:00)
- Orlando Pirates vs Gallants (15:00)
December 28
- Richards Bay vs Mamelodi Sundowns (15:30)
- Golden Arrows vs Polokwane City (15:30)
- Sekhukhune United vs Gallants (17:45)
- SuperSport United vs Stellenbosch (20:00)
December 29
- Magesi vs Orlando Pirates (15:30)
- Royal AM vs TS Galaxy (15:30)
- Cape Town City vs AmaZulu (15:30)
- Kaizer Chiefs vs Chippa United (17:45)
Sundowns new man lay’s down the law
Mamelodi Sundowns shocked the PSL when they announced the firing of Manqoba Mngqithi hours before welcoming Esperance’s Miguel Cardoso.
The Portuguese was quick to outline his plan, saying, “We have to study the team and the players and it’s obvious that the players we have are technically well developed.”
“They suit the game of a coach that wants to impose himself on the game. Because that’s the base – to have quality players. I struggled to impose myself where the quality could not sustain what I wanted to put in,” the PSL coach added.
“I want a team that can control the games. Controlling the games means the team must be solid in the four moments of the game. Must understand very well what to do with the ball, obviously, but as I have in mind, you have to have the ball to move, not the ball but the opponent in order to find the right spaces to attack those spaces.
“When teams play against Sundowns, we really need to understand this question of the spaces. Where are the spaces? How we can create, how we should utilize and use the spaces that are in the game. So, having control of the game also has to do with being aggressive in the moment you lose the ball because as much as you control the game, there is a moment where you are going to lose the ball and you need to be strong in that moment. I think it’s a huge solidarity aming the players, I prefer the players to tun for three or four seconds and make an effort to recover the ball immediately, rather than coming down, reorganize and defend to win the ball and then having to go forward again.”
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