Mamelodi Sundowns have made history after setting a new record of the longest unbeaten run in the PSL.
The Brazilians have gone 32 league games unbeaten combined over two seasons, surpassing the previous record held by Kaizer Chiefs since 2005, following their 3-1 thrashing of Stellenbosch.
The win has sparked debate amongst supporters as to whether the Brazilians can go the whole season unbeaten and become the first team to complete an invincible campaign.
Renowned South African agent Rob Moore believes half of the Brazilians’ league games have been closely contested and if they are to assert their dominance and put fear into the opposition, they need to win by seven and eight-goal margins, instead of one-goal margins.
“If you look at their eight league games to date, with the exception of Arrows where they won 4-0, four of those eight games they’ve only won by one goal margins,” Moore said on ThisIsFootball.Africa Youtube Channel.
“We’re talking about Chippa, Richards Bay, Polokwane (Sundowns won by one goal margins against Sekhukhune United, Kaizer Chiefs, Richards Bay and Orlando Pirates) one goal winning margins, at the end of the day it begs the question, in my opinion, are they a boxer capable of having a knockout punch, have they got the killer instinct to deliver it? “Or are they a boxer, that is a technical boxer, who wants to run by the textbook and win on points all the time? I wanna see a champion with a knockout punch, I wanna see a champion winning 5-0, 6-0, 7-0, 8-0. If it’s gotta be eight, it must be eight because the teams on the receiving end of the eight, have to realize that ‘we ain’t good enough’. It doesn’t do anyone a favour one-goal winning margins because it lulls the opposition into a false sense of security,” he said.
Mamelodi Sundowns’ biggest challenge of becoming the first ‘invincibles’ in the Premiership could lie on how early they can win the league title. The Brazilians are currently eight points clear at the top of the table after eight games, with Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs 17 points and 13 points behind respectively, although the Buccaneers have three games in hand.
For the Brazilians to take their game to another level, they need a team that can challenge them for the league title up to the last few games of the campaign.
Only time will tell if Mamelodi Sundowns can become the first team to complete a season unbeaten.
