The absence of Lucas Ribeiro Costa at Mamelodi Sundowns remains under question as Arthur Sales continues to embrace taking a sizeable load of the responsibilities that were carried by his fellow countryman.
Ribeiro is a subject of a transfer and has not featured this season for Sundowns.
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This has meant Sales takes a share of what the 26-year-old was doing.
"No one should compare any player that will play as a right winger or whatever position that is he more out or more in," insists Miguel Cardoso, the Sundowns coach.
"There is no two players that we can now make copycat of one player that is at the moment not with the team.
"I don’t think it is up to me to give answers to the question of Lucas.
"For sure, in the proper time you will know everything that has happened with him.
"But regarding Arthur, obviously is having a good answer.
"I think Arthur is doing well, showing dynamics of that, he understands what the team wants from that position, bringing his game to help the team.
"As I said, no one should expect a player to replace another but just one player who plays in the same position and another one was playing.
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"So, the game will become different, but we will have to use the characteristics that we have in Arthur, and he is showing and bringing by being better and better after every match.
"Let’s hope he can stabilise his performance at a very high level because he is a player that we trust," says Cardoso.
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