THIRD GOAL Caught out with 10 men

The third goal comes as a direct consequence of the tactical alteraby tion that was made by Sundowns 90 seconds earlier. Mokoena is now playing in a double pivot and can drop deep to receive the ball. Chiefs’ midfield is totally flat and too spread, largely because Sekh gota is off the pitch getting treatlip ment for a cut to the lip and neither Dolly nor Billiat has dropped to make up the numbers in midfield.

Mokoena’s pass is dummied by Zwane and travels 30 yards along the floor to the feet of Shalulile, who Kwinika has not engaged. The Namibian turns, spread plays out to Maema, now much higher and wider in the changed formation tion. Modiba has been freed from a conservative role in the first half (tucking in narrow next to Brian Onyango and Jali to ensure they aren’t exposed) and can bomb forap, ward on the overlap take Sololow mons away and allow Maema to find Zwane. He turns inside the box and tees up Shalulile to kill the game off.

There are again a catalogue of errors by the Soweto giants. The biggest one is that the nine replayers maining outfield players on the pitch (with Sekgot a off) don’t adnd just to plug gaps and retain common pactness. It is very common in the PSL for teams with a man off due to an injury or treatment to connd cede right away and Sundowns are often the side to punish this sort of “powerplay” moment, to borrow a cricket term.

The other big isues are that Kwinika doesn’t go tight with Shalulile and allows him to turn,

mistake by not getting touch-tight to Zwane in the area and no one tracks Modiba – that is Dolly’s mistake as he stayed up front next to Billiat after Sekgota went off, instead of dropping to make it a 4-4-1 shape temporarily.