City, State/Country — The wahala no fit show for football but e dey show for cup competitions as Mamelodi Sundowns coach, Miguel Cardoso, don come out to clear wetin people dey talk about im team struggle for cups. Sundowns dey gather league titles like say dem dey gather sweet potatoes, but cup trophies? E be like say dem forget am.
As dem don win league title for eight times straight (ah, dem no wan make am small matter), the last time dem carry cup go home na 2021/22 season when dem flex muscle for MTN8 and Nedbank Cup like say na dance competition. Since then, na dem dey use ‘cry’ dey check the cup trophy cabinet. Na so e be, nobody wan taste am.
Last season, na for MTN8 and Nedbank Cup finals, dem fall hand for the gangan hands of Orlando Pirates. Dem even allow newly promoted Magesi FC use dem carry Carling Knockout Cup. (E don reach to gather shake head.)
Cardoso no gree hear that one as im don talk say cup struggle no be gory tale. “Last season for CAF Champions League, we knock out both finalists. One of dem na me o! With Esperance de Tunis,” e talk am like say na joke. Im mention say since e don join Sundowns, e no wan remember wetin happen for Nedbank semi-finals. Ah, this one fresh pass pepper soup!
Sundowns dey prepare for di first leg of MTN8 semi-final against Pirates this Saturday wey go happen for Orlando Stadium. Cardoso dey expect say im boys go show wetin dem fit do and carry positive result go second leg wey go happen for Lucas Moripe Stadium on 23 August.
As fans dey ready for dis one, na we go see wetin go happen next. Will Sundowns break di cup jinx or dem go still dey lick wounds? Only time go tell, but one tin we sabi be say, e go make sense!
