Golden Arrows captain Ayanda Jiyane has spoken about coming up against his former teammate Siyanda Ndlovu when Abafana Bes’thende face Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 semifinal first leg.
The two sides will meet at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium on Sunday, with the return leg scheduled to take place in Durban next week.
Ndlovu joined Sundowns from Arrows during the current transfer window and will now face his former teammates for the first time.
Jiyane believes their familiarity with Ndlovu could help, but he expects both sides to have surprises in store due to their new coaches and tactical approaches.
“We know each other with Ndlovu but we both have new coaches, he has new ones,” said Jiyane during the interview on Ukhozi FM.
“What we have done in the pre-season, he doesn’t know it. He may know Jiyane but there are new tactics he doesn’t know.
“I know Ndlovu what kind of a player he is, but he has also gotten a new coaching that is different from the one at Arrows.
“We know each other but not 100% because there’s new things that he’ll be surprised about, the same goes with him.”
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