The Birds drew 3-3 with the Brazilians in Pretoria last weekend, but the Swallows skipper believes the match is still in the balance and that any team can still advance to the final.
"I know most people are saying that because we scored three goals away then it's an advantage to us," he says. "But I don't think so, because Sundowns have a lot of quality players and most of them play in the national team.
"If they managed to score three in Pretoria they can also score three at Dobsonville.
"The funny thing is even if they score one, and win the match 1-0, they are through. So for us doesn't really matter about what happened in the last game, for us it's to concentrate on this one and to give our all, try and defend well."
Having come close to winning the MTN8 trophy in 2010, only to lose to Orlando Pirates in a penalty shoot-out, Tsutsulupa says the MTN8 has come at the right time for them.
"I think on our side it will be good if we get into the final considering that we didn't have silverware in the past three or four years.
"So it will mean a lot to us players and to everyone associated with the club, especially the sponsors, I think everyone has been banking on the club for so long. So it's high time as players we put the smile on their faces," he says.
"As a team we are really looking forward to it, especially with the fact that it's a home game. Obviously there is a special plan, we just have to give it our all."
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MTN 8 will be won by................. Supersport United
Orlando Pirates have announced that they have terminated the contract of their striker, Chiukepo Msowoya.
Who is next?..
Love and Peace!!!!!
Mbhebheni is next, pirates wil terminate his contract wth the hawks
phefeni
Mbhebheni is next, pirates wil terminate his contract wth the hawks
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@Nespray
I am going to say it again.....WE DON'T CARE ABOUT AND HIS DEALING......this is Kaizer Chiefs Football Club.....
While I am at it where is Njabulo Mnqana?
Love and Peace till we die!!!
Unfortunetely Tsutsulupa Mtn 's non negotiable cup unless if it was may be Nedbank but also depending on our moods atleast we wouldn't mind der, but again we beat you on 2010 final, last year we thrash dat noisey neighbours but dis year gave Dunusa a chance please.
wher is Shasha Moleko?
meant: Putente Ishele
instead they are interviewing playas dat wnt lift the trophy
Defending cups is our motto, we jus hve to win nedbank
MTN 8 will be won by................. Supersport United
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What is the deferent between your team(Chips) and chippa????? the deferent it chippa won promotions consecutively while chips used brown envelope on their plastic trophys..So to me Chippa is the most successful team than Chips FC..
Chiefs is also confident of wining dis years MTN 8
Ayikho i team encani ku PSL. all these teams are there by right. and futhi all 16 teams are competing. any1 team can beat another 1. irrespective of ileague ukuthi ime kanjani. So good teams like bucs cant have a bad couple of games? I am asking.. it is the same way that Blue Leopard trashed the so called Khosi FC.was that a floop win by Leopards. Ni busy ni Proovelana ubudidi kuphela la.
Now back to the facts of the beatiful game. Chiefs won the game in the middle of the park. their Midfield was the brain of the operation. nkosi and yeye were the heart of the team. they were able to create spaces and break up the strong sundowns defence ( see the first goal. Nkosi used his brains there , he knew that should they tackle him he will get a penalty. thats what we need from creative midfilders. With my beloved bucs the champs, I am dissapointed. they create chances without a plan of scoring. why " because we have a bunch of players who have guns loaded but scared to pull the trigger. The coach should use marikana as an example to our hopeless strikers. Load your Gun, wait for the enemy to attack, then defend, then shoot to kill. That what we lack right now.
Khune should learn to deal with corners and crosses. what happen to the man covering the near post??? SA number 1 not knowing the simple basic of goalkeeping. how many goals scored because of that.let me not count sundowns 4 goals.. do you remember baroka's Mncwango scoring from corner at the death. punch was ball watching in stead of closing the near post...
peace bafethu....The giant Bucs Midget.
Pirates won back to back trebble, at some stage dey had all the cups in the cabinet. its n insult to rate us at de same level as the lyks of chiefs who specializes in plastic trophies(moqaka, macufe, e-toll). being in the same ligue wth chiefs doesnt mean wre on the same level in terms of playa quality, tactics, accolades, n etc. in spain, u can put Barcelona in the same level as Real Madrid but not at the same level wth teams like Hercules...i thnk your getn my point
in South Africa, howeva, its very different since Pirates is at a superior level, way above other teams. if not, explain to me abt a team dat wins 3 cups consecutively, where is competition. dnt tell me abt refs decisions and luck. there is no game of soccer that leave fans wth questionable refs decisions dat ddnt go their teams way. as for luck, KING explains it evry-day n i quote, "luck is when opotunity meets prepration".
let me introduce another important point that shows Pirates is quality all the way. im very sure u had abt Tokelo Rantie, who was trained and polished under the supervision of Pirates tacnical team. he went to overseas n stole headlines in an environment wre many former PSL playas fails dismally. the lyks of Valeri Nahayo, Tshepho Masilela want to return, de lyks of Nkosi, Paker n Gaxa couldnt stand competition abroad. Musona is now a car washer in Germany. All this playas, wen they return...dey dnt eye Pirates as their next destination. but y, truth is they fear competition dat exist in Mayfair. many of dem, if not all will neva make de bench let alone the stands
there is a big diference b2n Pirates n the other 15 teams. its jus dat it requires the intellect of the likes of "Nespray a movie star" who have vast amount of abilities of thinkn out of the box to take dose diferences n put dem in public.
i guess all sports lovers across the universe, shuld mind the gab that exist in the PSL between Pirates and the other 15 teams.
LMAFAO!!! Hola CHAMP! Hahahahahaha. Hai, no wonder we say Football 101 was DOCTRINED at the University of Orlando!!!! Hahahahaha!
School these dimwits despite their insolence!!!!
I love your comment Champ, you stated the facts and only a fool can dispute that!!!!
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AMABHAKANIYA AJABULILE...