Sundowns begin Champions League assault against unpredictable Al-Hilal

As they prepared to take on the highly unpredictable Al-Hilal Omdurman in their Champions League group stages clash at Loftus on Saturday (3pm), Mamelodi Sundowns reiterated their target is to recapture the trophy.

To get their group stages campaign off to a good start, the Brazilians will have to get the better of this Al-Hilal side that is coached by the vastly experienced Florent Ibengé.

“Ours is to do better than we did over the last few years, of course we want to win the Champions League,” said Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena.

“You have to work very hard for that because it is not going to be given on a silver platter. It might not happen this season but we are going to try and win this season.