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African Giants 'Fine' Players For Dropped Points Ahead Of Downs Clash

African Giants 'Fine' Players For Dropped Points Ahead Of Downs Clash

The players of the team Mamelodi Sundowns are set to face in their next CAF Champions League match have reportedly been fined for their inability to win their latest game.

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After their hard fought 0-0 draw with Masandawana at Loftus Versfeld earlier this month, Pyramids FC turned their attention back to domestic matters as they looked to extend their lead at the top of the Egyptian Premier League.

The Cairo-based side took on Baladeyet El Mahalla in the league's eighth matchweek, but despite the fact that new arrival Fiston Mayele and Bafana Bafana representative Fagrie Lakay gave Pyramids the lead on two separate occasions, the log leaders only managed a 2-2 draw.

members of the north African club's hierarchy was not pleased by this result as the team was unable to put further daylight between them and the chasing pack, and as a consequence, they have decided to fine the whole squad, as per Kooora.

The Jaime Pacheco-led squad is now on 17 points in the Egypt top flight, one point ahead of their nearest competitors, but they must now redirect their attention back to facing the South African champions.

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Pyramids will be without one of their star attackers in Ramadan Sobhi for the encounter against the Yellow Nation on Tuesday evening, with the aforementioned publication reporting that the Egyptian attacker suffered a muscle injury during training.  

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