"The league title race is in our hands” - Pitso Mosimane

20 February 2017 - 17:30 By Mark Gleeson
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Pitso Mosimane has promised to play his strongest possible side on Tuesday night as the newly crowned African Super Cup winners take on Platinum Stars in another Premier Soccer League catch-up fixture.

“The game is key so we are going to go with our strongest team.

"The league very tight right now‚” said the Mamelodi Sundowns coach‚ whose side travel to the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace for the match (kick off 7.30pm).

It will be the 13th league fixture of the season for Sundowns‚ still not even halfway through their scheduled league programme‚ and a chance to usurp neighbours SuperSport United in fourth place in the Absa Premiership standings.

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“I believe we can go on and win the league but we’ve got to be smart‚ particularly in the games against top clubs.

"We don’t have to beat the likes of Wits and Cape Town city to win the league but we musn’t lose to them either.

"We need to punch clever and in some games it is not necessary to have to go toe-to-toe.

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“It is in our own hands at this point in time‚” Mosimane added.

Sundowns won the Super Cup on Saturday with a 1-0 triumph over TP Mazembe Englebert of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Stars returned from success in Mozambique on Saturday where they beat UD Songo 1-0 away in the second leg of their African Confederation Cup first round match.

Ndumiso Mabena’s 80th minute goal ensured a 2-0 aggregate triumph.

“I’m happy just with the result because we managed to control the game and we did it very well although we were missing six key players‚” said Stars coach Cavin Johnson.

- TMG Digital

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