Pitso Mosimane wants to have the Absa Premiership title wrapped up before Mamelodi Sundowns' penultimate game of the season at Bidvest Wits in a week's time.
"The last thing I want is to have to go to Bidvest Stadium needing a result," said Mosimane of the upcoming clash between the top two teams on May 11. Instead, he is hoping to seal up the title tomorrow when Sundowns take on neighbours the University of Pretoria.
That depends, however, on second-placed Wits' result tonight. If Wits fail to beat Mpumalanga Black Aces at the Mbombela Stadium, then Sundowns will be crowned champions tomorrow if they beat AmaTuks.
"We don't want to be playing for our lives when we go to Bidvest Stadium. So we will be going all out against Tuks. I am also happy that we've got a better goal difference because you never know, we might not win against Tuks. We might draw.
"So I'm treading carefully and taking it slowly. We've come from far. We are not going to let it go by becoming over-excited. No ways. But if we don't win against Tuks, we are going to make sure we don't lose," he said ahead of the Tshwane derby.
With three rounds of league matches to come, Sundowns opened up a six-point gap over Wits with their 3-1 success over Kaizer Chiefs at the weekend.
It was a vindication of Mosimane's decision to continue playing virtually the same starting line-up through several weeks now of two games per week, all of them crucial for one reason or another.
He said questions about growing signs of fatigue were legitimate but said his "stubbornness" made him persist with his belief that the nucleus of his team could handle the increasing burden.
He also broke with routine before the Chiefs encounter. "Usually, we would have had a long video analysis, both for the team and individually, of the our performance from the previous game.
"But we didn't even watch our draw at Ajax," Mosimane added.
Pitso hopes to seal title early
Pitso Mosimane wants to have the Absa Premiership title wrapped up before Mamelodi Sundowns' penultimate game of the season at Bidvest Wits in a week's time.
"The last thing I want is to have to go to Bidvest Stadium needing a result," said Mosimane of the upcoming clash between the top two teams on May 11. Instead, he is hoping to seal up the title tomorrow when Sundowns take on neighbours the University of Pretoria.
That depends, however, on second-placed Wits' result tonight. If Wits fail to beat Mpumalanga Black Aces at the Mbombela Stadium, then Sundowns will be crowned champions tomorrow if they beat AmaTuks.
"We don't want to be playing for our lives when we go to Bidvest Stadium. So we will be going all out against Tuks. I am also happy that we've got a better goal difference because you never know, we might not win against Tuks. We might draw.
"So I'm treading carefully and taking it slowly. We've come from far. We are not going to let it go by becoming over-excited. No ways. But if we don't win against Tuks, we are going to make sure we don't lose," he said ahead of the Tshwane derby.
With three rounds of league matches to come, Sundowns opened up a six-point gap over Wits with their 3-1 success over Kaizer Chiefs at the weekend.
It was a vindication of Mosimane's decision to continue playing virtually the same starting line-up through several weeks now of two games per week, all of them crucial for one reason or another.
He said questions about growing signs of fatigue were legitimate but said his "stubbornness" made him persist with his belief that the nucleus of his team could handle the increasing burden.
He also broke with routine before the Chiefs encounter. "Usually, we would have had a long video analysis, both for the team and individually, of the our performance from the previous game.
"But we didn't even watch our draw at Ajax," Mosimane added.
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