Away point will do
HOSTILE: SUNDOWNS HAVE NEVER BEATEN WYDAD IN FOUR TRIPS THERE
Ahuge part of Pitso Mosimane’s formula to advance to the knockout stages of the Caf Champions League involves taking maximum, or as many as possible, points from rivals Wydad Casablanca who they face tonight in Morocco in the second round of Group C matches.
Sundowns have never beaten the north Africans in four visits and “Jingles” says if they manage to stop Wydad from getting all three points tonight they would have done themselves a massive favour.
“They are the team to beat here. If we win away we would have done a huge job. We have beaten them in Atteridgeville, not as many times as we want, we have only beaten them once. The monkey is on our back with this one but we do not have to be emotional about it and know that it is a group stage game. Of course if we win it gives us six points and it leaves them with one point and it will be a very big gap. I still believe that they are the ones who will qualify in the group ... I believe the other (team that will qualify) is ourselves,” said Mosimane.
“This is not a game of many chances, it is a game of small margins and when we have a chance we must take it because it might be the only one.” Mosimane added.
Downs are sitting at the top of Group C but Mosimane is not reading too much into it as it is still very early days.
“You can be on top of the group after match-day one but after match-day four you can be at the bottom of the group so it does not mean much. Yes we appreciate the lead and appreciate that we are the only team in the group that have got full points, but it is like when the league starts and after two games you have got six points then you start going around like it is a big lead ... it is not.”
“We need to manage the log properly, the longer we have Wydad on less points, the better. If we can get maximum points against Wydad it will help us because they are going to come back and beat the next two teams that are coming here (to Casablanca).”