Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Pitso Mosimane lamented his side's missed opportunities, including one squandered by Sibusiso Vilakazi.
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Gaston Sirino registered a vital away goal as Sundowns drew 1-1 with SuperSport United in the first leg of their MTN8 semi-final.
Mosimane felt SuperSport could only play one way, but says his side managed to deal with the aerial threat.
"They are an awkward team, they've got gladiators, all the ball is up in the air, which is their strength. We dealt with that," Mosimane told SuperSport after the match.
"Their strength is on set-pieces, they don't like inter-play, they take it to the sides and put the ball to the box, nearly like [Bidvest] Wits. They are right to do that, if you have [Thamsanqa] Gabuza, [Bradley] Grobler and [Evans] Rusike look at the height. They play to their strength, which is okay," he continued.
"Why not? If I had the same [kind] of players I think maybe I [was going] to play like that. But I've got 'Pitso' [Sphelele Mkhilise], Gaston [Sirino], Themba Zwane, Lebo [Maboe], I think you know the height. I don't have those [tall] players, so I must play to our strength also.
"We didn't have time to play because it was all up, credit to them. Scary, I think they could've have scored [towards] the end. But we also missed, let's be honest. I mean the ball [Sibusiso] Vilakazi missed in the first minute, is unbelievable. We score two goals, it's almost finished.
"But we played well in patches, we played a good game of an away game. We couldn't play the way we wanted to play but football is not about getting everything all the time. Sometimes you need to be happy and grateful for what you have now."
