Sundowns came from behind to beat Stars 2-1 in the reserve league competition, with Thamsanqa Masiya and Bongi Ntuli getting the goals for Downs after Mbunjane Mlungisi opened the scoring in Stellenbosch, Cape Town.
“We went there to win the match and that is what the boys did even after going a goal down,” Bapela told his club's official website.
“It’s not as easy to plan for the opponents in this kind of competition because most players are pretty unknown but I’m very pleased with the character shown by the team.”