{"id":145814,"date":"2023-10-23T21:03:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=145814"},"modified":"2023-10-23T21:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:03:23","slug":"mamelodi-sundowns-vs-petro-de-luanda-lineups-2nd-leg-african-football-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/mamelodi-sundowns-vs-petro-de-luanda-lineups-2nd-leg-african-football-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamelodi Sundowns vs Petro de Luanda lineups (2nd leg) &#8211; African Football League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be fireworks at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Tuesday night as Mamelodi Sundowns vs Petro de Luanda lineup in the quarter-final first-leg of the <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/african-football-league-prize-money\/\">African Football League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Masandawana are gearing up for a return to Loftus Versfeld to host our Angolan opposition! \ud83d\udc46<\/p>\n<p>\u26bd Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Petro De Luanda <br \/>\ud83d\udcc5 24 October<br \/>\u23f0 19H00 (CAT) <br \/>\ud83c\udfdf Loftus Versfeld Stadium<br \/>\ud83d\udcf2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sundowns?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Sundowns<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8kKcSvER4l\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8kKcSvER4l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mamelodi Sundowns FC (@Masandawana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Masandawana\/status\/1716418520676704763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After successive Cup failures in domestic competition, PSL giants Mamelodi Sundowns finished high in Angola to claim a convincing win in their opening AFL fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Masandawana had entered the AFL clash in Luanda on Saturday on the back of defeats to <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/ts-galaxy-vs-mamelodi-sundowns-carling-knockout-review\/\">TS Galaxy<\/a> (Carling Knockout last 16) and Orlando Pirates (MTN8 final) after failing in penalty shoot-outs on both occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Marcelo Allende and Thapelo Maseko scored in the second half to hand the Brazilians a crucial advantage ahead of Tuesday's matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Petro de Luanda had the better of the exchanges in the first leg, and had they taken their chances in that game\u2013which included a penalty miss\u2013the outcome might have been different. Nonetheless, they face an uphill task in South Africa as they try to overcome a two-nil deficit.<\/p>\n<h2>Mamelodi Sundowns vs Petro de Luanda team news<\/h2>\n<p>Coach of Sundowns, Rhulani Mokwena, has assured the media that the first leg scoreline did not guarantee his team a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, we are not in the semifinals. You have seen many things happen in football. You have seen teams come back from even greater scorelines,\u201d said Mokwena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to taking this scoreline to South Africa, but we approach it as 0-0 and a different ball game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to the players is to remind them about a game (against TS Galaxy) we played a few days ago in a Cup match in South Africa. At halftime, we were 2-0 down but we came back in the second half to make it 2-2. For me, this is the halftime score after 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145816\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-145816\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316.jpg\" alt=\"Mamelodi Sundowns players\" width=\"850\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316.jpg 850w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-487x320.jpg 487w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-60x39.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-696x458.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-639x420.jpg 639w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_74205316-741x486.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is important for us to stay humble and stay very focused. We respect our opponents and the quality they have. We play the game and not the scoreline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sundowns and Petro are expected to not make so many changes to their starting eleven from the first leg.<\/p>\n<p>Mendieta, Zwane and Mkhulise should retain their places in the final third for Sundowns, while Guedes and Toro play upfront for the visitors.<\/p>\n<h2>Mamelodi Sundowns vs Petro de Luanda predicted lineups<\/h2>\n<h3>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/h3>\n<p>Williams (GK); Mvala, Mokoena, Kekana; Allende, Aubrey, Mudau; Mendieta, Zwane, Mkhulise.<\/p>\n<h3>Petro de Luanda<\/h3>\n<p>Marques (GK); Afonso, Soares, Adao, Ferreira, Gilberto, Pinto, Carlinhos, Cruz; Guedes, Toro.<\/p>\n<h3>Mamelodi Sundowns form<\/h3>\n<p>Petro de Luanda 0-2 <strong>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> (21\/10) \u2013 African Football League<\/p>\n<p>TS Galaxy 2-2 [5-4 AP] <strong>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> (18\/10) \u2013 Carling Knockout Cup<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Pirates 0-0 [2-1 AP] <strong>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> (07\/10) \u2013 MTN8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> 2-0 Bumamuru (30\/09) \u2013 Champions League<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong> 3-1 Stellenbosch (27\/09) \u2013 Premier Soccer League<\/p>\n<h3>Petro de Luanda form<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Petro de Luanda<\/strong> 0-2 Mamelodi Sundowns (21\/10) \u2013 African Football League<\/p>\n<p><strong>Petro de Luanda<\/strong> 1-0 Academical Lob. (07\/10) \u2013 Club Friendly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Petro de Luanda<\/strong> 3-1 UD Songo (30\/09) \u2013 Champions League<\/p>\n<p>UD Songo 1-2 UD <strong>Petro de Luanda<\/strong> (17\/09) \u2013 Champions League<\/p>\n<p>CD Estrela 2-1 <strong>Petro de Luanda<\/strong> (05\/08) \u2013 Club Friendly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be fireworks at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Tuesday night as Mamelodi Sundowns vs Petro de Luanda lineup in the quarter-final first-leg of the African Football League. Masandawana are gearing up for a return to Loftus Versfeld to host our Angolan opposition! \ud83d\udc46 \u26bd Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Petro De Luanda \ud83d\udcc5 24 October\u23f0 19H00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":145817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[1,14238],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Joseph Abadi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145814"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145821,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145814\/revisions\/145821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145814"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=145814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}