Miguel Cardoso on Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 victory against Sekhukhune United: It was a fantastic and it was a beautiful match

Miguel Cardoso is a pleased man following Mamelodi Sundowns’ win against Sekhukhune United.

The win meant they are now three points above Orlando Pirates who are in the second spot in the Betway Premiership standings.

Cardoso has been under pressure from Sundowns fans who want him to vacate the coaching position as they have been having inconsistent results.

The win in additional time at Pete Mokaba Stadium brought some relief for the under fire Portuguese coach.

Nuno Santos and Brayan Leon scored the goals for Cardoso’s side.

“This is the spirit the team had today. We felt the spirit inside the pitch, we felt the spirit in the locker room, we felt it in the stands, and this is really the spirit of Ubuntu that we have in our shirts,” Cardoso said after the game.

“Today was a game of a lot of creativity. We knew that the game probably would finish in the end, but we told the boys today, the starters would be as important as the finishers in order to put intensity, rhythm to make the Sekhukhune players tired to force them to really run in the end without energy and capacity to process everything we could make.

“Fantastic pressure we had to prepare this match. It was beautiful, we brought almost all team.

“They understood that they had to be committed and congratulations. Congratulations to the players, congratulations to everybody that believes.

“We need all the fans to believe on us. To really believe and lift the spirit of the team and we dedicate the victory to the ones that are always with us.”