Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams says his mistake was a breakdown in communication and it’s something that usually goes unpunished back home.
Williams, 33, was fielded on the same pitch as the Borussia Dortmund and Switzerland goalkeeper Gregory Kobel today, who finished one spot below him for the Lev Yashin, Ballon d’Or awards last year.
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While he impressed in the 4-3 defeat to Borussia Dortmund, there was a glaring error for their equaliser from Felix Nmecha, as Williams passed the ball straight to the Dortmund forward, just moments after they had taken the lead through Lucas Ribeiro Costa.
“It’s not nice to concede a goal like that but we’re a team that takes risks and before I received the ball, I saw Tebza there, but he got a call from Marcelo to move away, so it was just one of those unfortunate situations, but we learn from it and we keep going,” he said.
“There’s not really [a big gap in intensity and physicality], we showed that we can compete, yes they are obviously physically bigger but it’s all about the mind, if your mentality is right, you can go out there and compete with the best, that’s what we showed.
“We had very good chances in the first half, I am just so proud of the boys for the effort, the desire and the fight, the gap is not that big, we proved that once again.”
Williams admitted it’s perhaps showing that the gulf in quality as it’s something he potentially used to get away with when he made an error on occasion playing out from the back in the domestic league.
“Yes [it’s disappointing], that was the talk for this week, at this level, if you make mistakes they punish you, which we learnt the hard way today – I think all of their goals are mistakes, errors from us, where at this level you get punished,” he said.
“Where we come from, we get away with it [in the PSL], so this is good lessons, we shouldn’t be disappointed, we played our football, showed our identity, so big up to the boys, lot of lessons to learn and to grow from this.”
Sundowns could still qualify for the knockout stages should they beat Fluminense in their game on Wednesday at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.
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