Tapelo Xoki Wants to Treat Mamelodi Sundowns Match Like Any Other Match!

Tapelo Xoki Wants to Treat Mamelodi Sundowns Match Like Any Other Match! The Buccaneers face Masandawana in the top 8 this weekend.

Orlando Pirates host Mamelodi Sundowns in their MTN 8 semi-final first leg on Saturday afternoon. Defender Tapelo Xoki does not have any special preparations for their mammoth opponents.

The Buccaneers have failed to defeat The Brazilians for many successive years now. In fact, they have lost all their recent matches against this weekend’s opponents.

Despite this, new boy Tapelo Xoki does not want to give Sundowns any special attention.

He could be right in this mentality, as The Buccaneers themselves have enjoyed a very decent start to the season under head coach José Riveiro.

“We are going to the game any other game; we are preparing as we have always done and try to focus on what we do best and improve where we have not done well. So, we are doing the same approach as we have been doing in any other games.

“It’s a team sport, it’s not about me or any individual, but the team. It is about your role in the team and if you’re given a chance, I have to play my role to the best that I can like everyone else.

“Yes, it’s a magnitude of a game but we just have to treat it like any other game.

“I have played against them where I was and I’m sure the rest of the other guys have played against them, and everyone has their own experience. So, we just have to prepare for the game as a group and make sure that we play as a team because this is a team sport, but not an individual sport.” He spoke.

Kick-off on Saturday afternoon is at 15h00. Tapelo Xoki Wants to Treat Mamelodi Sundowns Match Like Any Other Match!