The boys are in good spirits, we are ready to go for Saturday. We want to do well in the Champions League since we are not doing so well in the PSL at the moment, Baccus told Chiefs media. But we are all ready and excited. We are in good spirits. For me I would rather attack and lose than defend and draw so I think if we play our all-out attack and go for it, we have nothing to lose. The experience for the young boys[from the Champions League] is massive. Like you see [Happy] Mashiane is doing really well and they are stepping up which is good.
But with what will most likely be a tough draw in the Champions League quarter-finals, followed by even more difficult games potentially later in the competition, it s important that the 2016 African champions maintain a winning mentality, says Mokwena:
“From a psychological perspective, we want to make sure we get to the knockout stages on a good winning momentum, so that we have the convictions that we can win in Africa and that is important. When you get to the knockout stages there are no second chances, the former Orlando Pirates coach was quoted saying on the Sundowns website.
Downs beat Belouizdad 5-1 just five weeks back in a game played in the neutral territory of Tanzania, although Mokwena still remains wary of their potential threat.
On the flip-side though, Amakhosi’s play can, at times, be predictable when either Nurkovic or Castro are playing – both are big strong men with good heading technique, and as such, there is always the temptation – or likely even the instruction from the coaching staff - to get the ball forward as quickly as possible and to try and hit one of the big men with aerial passes towards the opposition box.
It s something which the Glamour Boys did to great effect last season under coach Ernst Middendorp, when Nurkovic’s 13 league goals nearly fired the Soweto side to the league title.
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