AmaZulu & Pirates Starting XIs Announced 

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AmaZulu FC and Orlando Pirates have announced their starting line-ups for this afternoon’s Betway Premiership clash at Moses Mabhida Stadium.  Usuthu have already secured their place in the top eight after managing to collect 34 points in 27 games, sitting in sixth place. The KwaZulu-Natal-based side has had mixed results in the last four games, winning two, drawing one and losing the other.  10111 has already been rewarded with a contract extension by AmaZulu management, after he took them up the table since taking over – Usuthu need one more point to secure their place in the top eight. As

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Segolela Makes Downs Prediciton

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Former Orlando Pirates winger Tlou Segolela has backed Mamelodi Sundowns to edge Pyramids FC to the 2025 CAF Champions League title because of their experience. The 2016 champions are in their first final in nine years in the continental inter-club competition while this is the Egyptian side’s maiden appearance in the final, having made their debut last year where they were knocked out at the group stage. For Sundowns they have endured elimination in the knockout stages and in the last two seasons at the semi-finals. Segolela, who has played in a Champions League final with Pirates in 2013, spoke

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Modiba On His Second CAF Inter-Club Final & Pyramids Transformation

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Mamelodi Sundowns utility-man Aubrey Modiba is expecting a different Pyramids challenge then their past meetings and admits he’s gained much more experience since his first CAF inter-club final back in 2017. Modiba, 29, has become a household name in South African football, having first burst onto the scene in the professional ranks with Mpumalanga Black Aces as a teenager, before moving on to SuperSport United, shortly after Aces had been sold for the Cape Town City revival project. He spent four years at Matsatsansa, where he won the Nedbank Cup, MTN8 and reached the final of the CAF Confederation Cup,

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‘Sundowns Are One Of The Most Feared Clubs In Africa’

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Ahead of the CAF Champions League final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Pyramids FC, one of Egypt’s most respected journalists, Hady Elmadany has offered a perspective of how the South Africa champions are rated in his country. The clubs will meet over two legs, first in South Africa’s capital this weekend and again next weekend in Cairo for the coveted trophy and continental dominance. Sundowns have won the competition in 2016 and have since been a force to be reckoned with in Africa and even won the inaugural African Football league last year. They have gone toe and toe with the

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Khanye Predicts Chiefs’ Final Game

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Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye believes Amakhosi will lose to Polokwane City and miss out on the MTN8 yet again. Chiefs have it all to play for and a win over Rise & Shine would secure them a spot in the top eight. However, Nasreddine Nabi’s side are currently eight league games without a win, and start the final round of games in position nine. Although Khanye praised his former side for ending their 10-year trophy drought, he also believes that Nabi’s men will lose to Polokwane City on Saturday. “Chiefs against Polokwane City is also a tough game,”

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Morena Makes Confident CAFCL Final Claim

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Mamelodi Sundowns utility player Thapelo Morena is confident that his side can lift the new CAF Champions League trophy as champions over Pyramids FC in the next couple of days. The title has eluded Sundowns for nine years as they have struggled to even make it to the finals of the tournament since winning it in 2016. They welcome Pyramids in the first leg of the final in Pretoria this weekend with the second leg scheduled for Egypt next weekend. Morena told IDiski Times senior writer Matshelane Mamabolo in edition 205 of the newspaper that he and teammates are feeling

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Khanye Predicts CAFCL Final Score

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Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye believes Mamelodi Sundowns will beat Pyramids FC 1-0 at home in the first leg of the CAF Champions league final. The highly-anticipated match will kick of at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, while the second leg takes place in Cairo a week later. Sundowns are the favourites heading into the game, having won the competition in 2016 and reached the latter stages of the competition regularly, while Pyramids are in their first final. Khanye believes, even though Pyramids have a strong team, they will get undone by Pyramids on Saturday. “It’s a very, very tough

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Will Second Star End Downs Debates? Teko Responds

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns and 2016 CAF Champions League winner Teko Modise says a second star for the club would be major after all the investment and efforts over the past nine years. Sundowns are in the final for the first time in nine years, since lifting the trophy in Cairo after beating Zamalek over the two legs and could repeat that feat next week at the 30 June Stadium as they face Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids. With years gone by, there’s been debates between Orlando Pirates and Masandawana supporters over who’s been more successful in the competition with one

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Jurčić – This Is The Biggest Match Of My Career!

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Pyramids head coach Krunoslav Jurčić says the CAF Champions League final against Mamelodi Sundowns is the biggest match of his career. The Croatian has been in charge of Dinamo Zagreb, the Saudi Arabia national team, Al Nassr and several other clubs in Europe and the Gulf but says this doesn’t compete with what’s up ahead of the next week in Africa’s elite club competition. Pyramids come into the final that is set to be sandwiched by a potential league decider against Ceramica Cleopatra in mid-week and Jurčić says preparing for the first leg tomorrow has been excellent thus far. “We

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