Mouth-watering affairs await

Having looked at some of the key battles and the exciting new signings who could feature, not least Erasmus, Ndlondlo and maybe Sundowns’ new centre-back Abdelmounaim Boutouil, genuine excitement ahead semi-finals. Can Riveiro work on the mindsets of his players to compete with Sundowns fo 90 minutes? Or will the d champions ruthlessly sw aside en route to lifting thi once again? We also hav former players aside from Erasmus who will be desperate to do well. Chiefs face their ex-midfielders in Buchanan and Maluleka.

who had mixed fortunes at the Naturena-based club. Mabiliso was recently released by Amakhosi and would relish the chance to get some minutes in this encounter. Dumisani Zuma had his fair share of off-field problems towards the end of his time at the Soweto giants and would love to score in this fixture. Then we have Sithebe who burnt some bridges at AmaZulu to join Chiefs as a free agent. He

was frozen out in Durban and will surely have a bone to pick with his former employers. Let’s hope that neither tie is settled in the first leg, with all to play for in the second

legs in three weeks’ time.