Mngqithi praises Sundowns for sticking to plan

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi believes his side got their tactics spot on in the comprehensive 3-0 victory over his former team Lamontville Golden Arrows that booked a place in the MTN8 final.

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Sundowns won the tie 4-1 on aggregate after their semifinal, second leg, triumph thanks to goals from Peter Shalulile, former Golden Arrows defender Divine Lunga and Neo Maema. They will face either Swallows FC or Cape Town City, who are locked at 0-0 ahead of the

second leg of their tie in Soweto on Wednesday. "One should give credit to the boys because I think they stuck to our tactical agreements because the most dangerous players for Arrows, who create goalscoring opportunities are their centre-backs," Mngqithi said.

"So we put a lot of pressure on their centre-backs to make it difficult to have accuracy, [Thabani] Zuke has got a very good range of passing, [Nkosinathi] Sibisi has got a very good range of passing and they could not play from the back.

"Because from the back, immediately they go to their left-back and they are one team in the league that is averaging 15 crosses per match. So we had to analyse and diagnose where exactly are those situations coming from.

"We dealt with them very well, unfortunate that out of those high presses we did not score a goal, up until the dying stages where we got a very good goal from Neo Maema. But generally, I think the boys adapted well to the approach, they stuck to the tactical plan and one is proud of having the boys like these.”