“We are concerned about AJ [Jali]. AJ hasn’t trained with us‚ but we are getting good feedback from the doctors. We will assess leading up to the game.
“Kermit we will have to assess because with a muscular injury‚ and all these niggles‚ the studies always show a niggle relates to an injury 75% of the time.
“It’s important we treat that as a serious precaution and get our medical department to assess because Kermit is very important to us.
“We also have to check the players who have come back [from international duty]. They have been all over Africa.
“Peter [Shalulile]‚ Brian Onyango‚ Thapelo [Morena]‚ Lyle [Lakay], we have to see where they are in terms of their conditioning and their recovery‚ and their readiness for the match.
“That’s the most important thing for them now, to integrate them‚ but integrate them with refreshing them. We are sweating‚ but it’s a good sweat because we’ve got a very good squad‚ we’ve got enough depth to be able to handle any challenge.
“All the Sundowns players are top players and whoever’s on the pitch on Sunday will be able to represent Masandawana very well.”
Sundowns have had a bright start to 2020-21 under their three co-coaches – Mokwena‚ Manqoba Mngqithi and Steve Komphela. The Brazilians‚ bolstered by a multitude of signings‚ have won four‚ lost one and drawn one of six league and cup matches.
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