Mamelodi Sundowns veteran attacker Themba Zwane has applauded his colleagues for focusing on their task at hand to overcome MC Alger and book their spot in the CAF Champions League quarterfinals.
Prior to the clash, there was a significant controversy, with Sundowns analyst Mario Masha suspended pending an investigation after it was reported that he had allegedly shared team information and tactics with his former colleague, Rulani Mokwena.
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The 36-year-old however maintained that they were fully focused on the job that got them over the line against the North Africans.
“Obviously, it was difficult, there was lot of talk but for us we knew our job is to focus on the game and stay as a team,” he told the Sundowns media.
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“Brotherhood – we communicate, try to motivate one another and thanks to our Chairman [Thlopie Motsepe] who played a big role this week because he was busy motivating us. Those talks, positive talks it really helped us going to the game.
“We knew that they will try to sit back, press high first half that’s why we were fighting for the first early goal and that’s what we did.
“We put more pressure on them. We knew they were gonna make some mistakes but give credit to Leon [Brayan Muniz] for the follow up and always being there in the box.”
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