Benni hoping Caf campaign will distract Sundowns
Cape Town City Coach Benni McCarthy is hoping that Mamelodi Sundowns will be distracted by their Caf Champions League campaign when they face them in the Nedbank Cup.
Head coach Benni McCarthy of Cape Town City during the Absa Premiership match between Kazier Chiefs and Cape Town City FC at FNB Stadium. (Photo by Gallo Images)
City will welcome Sundowns at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday, April 1.
“I think the Sundowns games is huge now. It’s an unbelievable opportunity. We are two games away now from being in a final, another final,” McCarthy told reporters.
“It’s a chance to redeem ourselves, but a very formidable opponent stands in our way. I think an opponent that is easily as hungry for the silverware and wants to prove, but we couldn’t have played them at a better time.
“They’ve shifted their attention to the Champions League and with Pirates winning at the weekend, reducing the deficit to one point only, and they know that they now need to win league matches to keep ahead, their priority may now have shifted more to the league than the Nedbank Cup.
“I think they will only really focus on the Nedbank Cup if they get to the final but before that maybe not as much.”
The venues and dates for the Nedbank quarterfinals were announced on Wednesday night.
