TS Galaxy coach Sead Ramovic is excited for his side’s upcoming Carling Knockout Cup clash with Mamelodi Sundowns.
The Rockets were paired to face the runaway DStv Premiership leaders when the draw for the new competition was made last week.
While the Brazilians are top of the standings with eight wins from eight games, Galaxy are in 12th place with just two wins, alongside three draws and three losses.
They are yet to play this season but the last time these two sides faced each other, Sundowns ran out 2-1 winners.
But Galaxy were just one of two teams to beat the Brazilians last term, in a first round fixture they won 1-0.
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Reflecting on the upcoming encounter, Ramovic said in the Citizen: “It’s an exciting draw for us, we all know that Sundowns are the benchmark in our league.
“They are a fantastic team, organised and structured with a fantastic coach. Hopefully, we will win against them again. It will be a long night against them because they don’t have so many weaknesses in their team.
“It takes a lot to plan (for Sundowns), whether they go with two fullbacks up or with one central defender to get into the middle to add more numbers.
“So it’s not easy to plan because our players have to defend and also be offensive. We will spend a lot of time coming up with a better game plan than the last time we beat them. We were disciplined and followed the fullbacks, so we will try again to take the game in our hands to win.”
