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Cardoso – Mission Accomplished But Not Happy With Red Card

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso said the victory over Simanye Golden Stars was ‘mission accomplished’ though wasn’t happy to see Bathusi Aubaas get a red card.

While there was a brief period where Stars looked to mounting a comeback, Cardoso dismissed that notion, and said they were always in control, and the goals — and red card – were just lapses. 

Sundowns had raced into a three-goal lead, but let the minnows score twice, though the Brazilians added two more late goal, despite being a man down.

It was a start that looked to set up a big win for the home team as Malibongwe Khoze put Sundowns in front in just the second minute.

“The victory was not on the end, the victory was from the very beginning,”  Cardoso told SuperSport

“No, it’s normal that sometimes it’s difficult to focus the player in the better place, in the best way. We changed a lot of players. We changed players during the game. 

“Mission accomplished. Five goals. What to say? Nothing more. It’s very easy. 

“The game became simple. Then we got the red card. It’s obviously the team to shake a little bit. But five goals, nothing to say.”

Cardoso said for the most part, they accomplished what they hoped to, getting the result and giving players game-time, but Aubaas’ red card was a disappointment. 

“Well, normal, some ups and downs players, some of them performing better than others,” Cardoso continued. 

“It’s important to understand that, basically, we all train together, but it’s really big investment on changing players. 

“So today we had an objective to win the game, give game-time to almost everybody, and try also to manage cards. 

“That’s what is really making me a little bit not happy, is regarding the situation that we got from Aubaas. Because indeed, we should not get any any disciplinary questions, so that we can proceed for the next games with everybody.”

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