Hugo Broos, in his hard-hitting manner that we've become accustomed to, has revealed why Mamelodi Sundowns have not won the CAF Champions League since 2016 despite their sustained local dominance.
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Broos named his 23-man squad for the upcoming international friendly matches against Ivory Coast and Eswatini later this month.
The Belgian coach also used the opportunity to address a number of issues, one of which was the state of the Premiership.
He revealed that a lack of competition within the local league for Sundowns has meant that they often fall short when coming up against better opponents on the continent as their local counterparts do not provide adequate competition.
"First of all, I think we will have the same season like the season before and the season before – Sundowns will be champions. We see they are 10 points ahead and we have played eight or nine matches, so they'll win every game. They didn't lose one point.
"When I see Chiefs and Pirates who normally have to be the biggest opponent of Sundowns, it's not what we expect from those teams. The quality of the PSL is not increased, it stayed the same. Sundowns are dominating and the others try to follow, but they can't follow, which is not good for South African football and it's not good for Sundowns.
"They were in the quarter final [of the CAF Champions League] two seasons ago and they were in the semi-finals last year and I think one of the reasons why they can't go to the final is because the opponents every week is not strong enough.
"When you see the [UEFA] Champions League in Europe, you see all those big teams from Spain and England, they are in the final of the Champions League because every game they have to go for 110% to win the game," he explained.
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