Mamelodi Sundowns experienced a setback in their bid for a 15th
consecutive league win after being held to a 1-1 draw by Stellenbosch FC
on Sunday afternoon.
The Brazilians opened the scoring early in the first half, but failed to
capitalise on their chances in the second half and were made to pay when
Stellenbosch equalised from the penalty spot late in the game.
Sundowns held by Stellenbosch 🤝 pic.twitter.com/L4hrHxMJTA
— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) March 5, 2023
Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena expressed his disappointment with the
result, saying he could not recognise his team after they opened the
scoring
Sundowns held by Stellenbosch 🤝 pic.twitter.com/L4hrHxMJTA
— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) March 5, 2023
He went on to praise Stellenbosch for their performance, and his own
players for their efforts, while also acknowledging the value of the
lessons learned from the result.
Mokwena said, “We can’t win them all, we try to win them all but we can’t
win them all. After we scored I don’t think I recognised the team, the
appetite to get the second and third (goal) was not there. But
congratulations to Stellenbosch for putting up a good fight,
congratulations to my players for almost a very good performance,
congratulations to the youngsters, Siya (Nyanga) made his debut, Ntando
(Nkosi), so there’s some positives. And we’ll improve, we always want to
improve and get better.”
Mokwena concluded by saying that the result has provided a valuable
lesson for his team.
He said, “Yeah, because it’s a lesson. We win so much that we’ve got to
get a few uppercuts to learn lessons, that’s important, it’s very
important for the way we want to go, what we want to try to achieve. So
the lessons must come and sometimes the lessons are a little bit bitter to
swallow but we have to get them, it’s how life is, it’s ups and downs and
you try to keep with the ups. But when you get the downs you must also get
the downs very quickly and take it with the lesson and move, so I’m in
that space where I appreciate the lesson that came with the equaliser.”
