Miguel Cardoso cites fatigue as the reason Khulumani Ndamane has become error prone

Khulamani Ndamane's errors are as a results of fatigue.

This is according to his coach at Mamelodi Sundowns Miguel Cardoso.

Ndamane joined the Brazilians in January from TS galaxy and was thrown into the deep end with appearances in the PSL and also in the Caf Champions League matches.

But in the past few matches especially against Siwelele FC last night and Kaizer Chiefs in midweek, Ndamane was guilty of school boy errors.

“Yeah, it’s clear that he’s tired, very clear. He’s not so reactive, he’s not so agile, he’s not so, he’s tired, it’s true,” said Cardoso.

“Anyway, he’s the only left foot centre-back we have. We decided to play him today again, but it’s clear that he’s tired and fatigued. He’s not only physical, but he’s also mentally tired.

“The capacity to make a tactical decision or a technical-tactical decision sometimes is delayed a little bit. For example, you saw today he missed a pass that gave the goal, the first goal, that he was late on the decision. He could have made it quicker, but that’s probably also from fatigue that accumulated.

“Yeah, it’s something I have to take into consideration, considering what we have ahead, let’s see. Anyway, as you may imagine, we just lost Keanu Cupido, Mothobi’s Mvala not still able to play, and yeah, we have. Of course, we have Kegan. Yes, we have Kegan and he’s a player that we trust.

“So, and we have probably, today I wanted to give him game time, I confess. He was not starting the match, but I wanted to give him game time.”

On Tuesday Sundowns face TS Galaxy in their last PSL match of the season, where Cardoso is expected to rest the left-footed centre back.