Molefi Ntseki highlights that any team has its own weaknesses

The Brazilians come into the match as favourites, having beaten Chiefs 2-1 in the DStv Premiership at the beginning of August, and remain the only team on a 100 percent winning record this season – winning all six of their matches so far. 

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On the other hand, it has not been smooth sailing for Amakhosi, but Ntseki still believes there are areas for them to exploit in Sundowns’ game.

"Any team has its own weaknesses, and Sundowns, I don't think they are different to any team that we have in the PSL – in possession they are very dangerous, but the question is, when they lose possession, which areas can you exploit, and that's what we'll be working on," said Ntseki.

"When they start playing from the back, we are fully aware that everything starts from the goalkeeper, they slow the game down, creating those openings so they can come into half-spaces and make the runs behind or in front of your defence."

A lot of questions have been asked in recent times of Amakhosi’s tactical approach, with some perceiving it to be percentage football and moving away from the expansive game employed by Arthur Zwane last season. 

Ntseki, who just finished two months in charge of the first team, says settling in tactically needed a different approach while also using his experience from his days as Bafana Bafana mentor.

"In me accepting the head coach position at Kaizer Chiefs, mentally I had to psyche myself, having been in the club for the past two seasons, but the tactical approach was more of a Bafana Bafana coach," explained Ntseki.

"You come into a club, you have to move into pre-season and in three weeks the league starts, so how do you bring about understanding in the players that you have, how do you profile them going into the first match.

"I think that has worked out very well, and that experience from Bafana really came into play and helped me because, when you are in the Bafana team, you're bringing players from all walks of life with different coaching and ways of play.

"But I think with me coming in and having coach Arthur [Zwane] and coach 'Sheppy' [Dillon Sheppard] around, it made my life a little bit easier."

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