Rushine De Reuck says Mamelodi Sundowns are hard at work preparing to face Cape Town City in their opening 2022/2023 DStv Premiership encounter of the new season.
The Brazilians stormed to their fifth consecutive top-flight title last term and resisted the urge to make wholesale changes to their squad.
They only made two signings in Ronwen Williams and Sipho Mbule, while letting go the likes of George Maluleka, Grant Margeman and Sibusiso Vilakazi.
Ahead of taking on last season’s runners-up at the Cape Town Stadium, De Reuck explained in the Citizen that an opening day win is key.
He said: “Preparations are going really well, the guys have been working hard and we know that going to Cape Town isn’t going to be easy.
“City has been a very difficult team for us to beat, even last season we didn’t beat them in the league, we drew twice, we know how difficult that game is going to be.
“We also know that it’s our first game of the season and we need to win just to get the momentum going into the next game.
“We are ready and working hard. It’s very important to start the season with a victory, if we win our first game it will give us confidence going into the next game.”
