Cardoso: Sundowns Star Should’ve Won MOTM

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Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has disagreed with the choice for the Man of the Match award following his side’s win over TS Galaxy.

The Brazilians edged the Rockets 3-2 in their Betway Premiership opener on Tuesday night at Mbombela Stadium.

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Victor Letsoalo was named Man of the Match after scoring two goals, but Cardoso felt the award should have went to Sphelele Mkhulise, who came off the bench and scored two late goals to turn the game on its head.

“I think he deserves to be man-of-the-match today, sorry by all the work Letsoalo did. But I think today the Man-of-the-Match will very deservedly be Pitso Mkhulise by what he means, what he means for the club for us,” Cardoso told SuperSport after the game.

“He is a player with a fantastic character because he is able to sometimes sustain the aggression of not being called.

“But we know that we have a brother, a friend, somebody that has quality and when we bring him, we know what to expect.

“Today, he gave us the luck we needed, the energy that we needed the goal. I put him on my shoulder.

“I took him in front of the fans because he deserves to be carried by me because he also carried us to get the result we needed,” he said.

Sundowns will be back in action on Saturday when they face Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium.

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