Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has doubled down on his stance that the DStv Premiership is the most important and most difficult competition.
Despite two draws in their last five matches, The Brazilians are still sitting pretty at the top of the league table with a sizable points gap between them and second-placed Stellenbosch FC, while also having the advantage of three games in hand.
Should Mokwena's troops maintain this gap, they will secure their seventh consecutive league title.
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Downs are also in the quarter-finals of the Nedbank Cup and the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League respectively, with a chance to complete a treble.
However, speaking at a recent press conference, Mokwena warned against complacency and insisted that even after winning it six times in a row, the league title remains the most important competition.
"I was listening to Ryan Giggs' podcast, he did an interview once and he said sometimes - and he thinks that's probably what led to the demise of Manchester United - is that they hero-worshipped winning the Carabao Cup and all these other competitions and forgot that big teams in every nation have to win the league title, the domestic league title.
"That's the number one prize for all the teams La Liga, in the Bundesliga.
"It's a catastrophe if Bayern don't win [the league title]. They can win the Champions League, but if they don't win the Bundesliga, it's a big catastrophe.
"So, I just think that sometimes we underline the importance of the DStv Premiership and that, I think, is probably something that we have to change, is that mentality.
'And because we wanted six times in a row, sometimes we have this feeling that it's one of those you, you know?
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"I mean, it's the biggest competition, with the biggest number of games and the highest amount of prestige in your league, in your nation.
"So, the only thing I would love [is] to really improve these home games. We need a lot more, we need a lot more noise. We need a lot more of the Yellow Nation and I honestly think the players deserve that.
"The type of football we play, I think, deserves a lot more bums on the seats and a lot more encouragement and support."
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