Miguel Cardoso on Mamelodi Sundowns heavy schedule: I am expecting to see a lot of our players getting injured because we are playing a lot of games

Miguel Cardoso expects more of his Mamelodi Sundowns players to spend more time in the doctor’s room than on the field of play.

Cardoso said this is due to their heavy schedule of having to play a match in almost every three to four days as they juggle between the Caf Champions League and the PSL.

The Portuguese tactician said his side already lost ace Columbian striker Brayan Leone and that his team-mates are likely to follow him.

“Look, what is expected is exactly what I spoke about several months ago regarding the schedule that we were being put on,” said Cardoso.

“A team that has to play Champions League up to the end in a country where you have competitions one after the other and for us to please everybody, obviously, it makes us arrive in a moment of the season that we should be in the top conditions to perform, eventually with some losses. So, Brayan got injured.

“And Nuno is not still recovered. Now we lost Arthur, but it’s time for the other ones to show up, rather than for us to complain, it’s what it is. Obviously, it’s not good.

“Let’s hope Bafana Bafana will not lose players throughout and have big losses for the World Cup because that’s what I expect in the next weeks. There’s more injuries to happen.

“Because it’s normal when the teams have to play in three days or seven matches in 21 days, what we expect before the end of the season. Just injuries, injuries. Nothing more.”

Sundowns face Polokwane City tomorrow at Seshego Stadium as they play catch up games in their PSL title chase.