Rulani Mokwena says reputation doesn’t win you league titles, you have to earn it as Mamelodi Sundowns wait to hold their trophy aloft.
Rulani Mokwena says reputation doesn’t win you league titles, you have to earn it as Mamelodi Sundowns wait to hold their trophy aloft.
The Brazilians were crowned champions on Wednesday night following a goalless draw against Cape Town City to hand them a fifth successive crown, the second under new the DStv Premiership umbrella.
“The reality is that we wanted to win the CAF Champions League first and that’s where we should start, but it’s important to understand that you don’t win a league title merely because you’ve already won it four times or merely because you’ve won the previous one,” Mokwena said on the club’s website.
“You win it because you earn it over 30 games in the season, there is no league title where a team plays and for some strange reason they win the league title because of their reputation and their names, there’s work that needs to be done, there’s a lot of consistency that is needed.”
Downs now head into the semi-finals of the Nedbank Cup against Royal AM and if they go all the way it means they will clinch a treble – which includes the MTN8 and the league title.
“Sometimes with a cup game you’ve got four or five games and you may not play as well as you possibly can but you go for the result and you need a bit of luck sometimes to do that, in the league title you won’t win too many matches if you don’t perform consistently to your best,” Mokwena concluded.
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