Mamelodi Sundowns are away at Tunisian giants Esperance de Tunis tonight as they protect a slender 1-0 lead from the home leg of their quarterfinal with the match brought live on SuperSport 202 and SABC 1.
The crunch clash at the Stade Olympique De Rades is expected to fierce following the off-field events that transpired in the first leg encounter at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
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ES Tunis head coach Maher Kanzari has fired a warning at Masandawana ahead of the tie, maintaining confidence that they can pull off an upset.
“What I can tell you, it will be a big game in Tunisia, if they can score one, we can score three and go through – so we’re playing attacking football, I’m confident in playing attacking football in Tunisia,” he said, according to SuperSport.
Miguel Cardoso on the other hand is of the opinion that this match will be ‘normal’.
“It’s a match like any other match, my job is to make the players believe it’s a match like any other one, because there’s only 11 players inside the pitch, the crowd and fans don’t play.”
The tie will get underway at 21:00.
