Fiche de match : Mamelodi Sundowns a la Coupe du Monde des Clubs
This analysis is a summary of the strategy and a few key details of Mamelodi Sundowns’ surprise and exciting campaign in the Club World Cup, and it learns from Why Mamelodi Sundowns Are So Fun To Watch.

Main Themes:
‘The Brazilians’ special attacking style: Mamelodi Sundowns, popularly known as “The Brazilians,” demonstrated an artful, expansive and vertical style of play. They played with ‘freedom’, ‘movement’, and played forward, which led to several opportunities and goals.
Surprising Show of Quality Against Europe Giants : Despite massive financial gap and quality gap, Mamelodi Sundowns “went head-to-toe with one of the biggest teams in Europe”, Borussia Dortmund. Their performance defied any ideas of a procession and demonstrated the possibilities of non-European tams as a force to be reckoned with.
Naivety and Defensive Vulnerability Sundowns were celebrated for their attacking style, but there were a few instances where they also showed defensive “naivety”, especially in the game against Dortmund. They were responsible defensively at times, and with the space they played open, they were also susceptible to counters and high presses.

2) Acclimatisation to Heat as a Performance Influencer: The high heat and humidity, 30 degrees+ Celsius, and midday kick-off had a direct effect on the men’s game, especially that of Dortmund. Sundowns, who were more “used to the conditions down here,” seemingly thrived in the climate to continue playing the tempo-high, attacking game they do.
Growing Recognition Abroad: I believe that Mamelodi Sundowns’ performances, notably against Dortmund, have put them on the map internationally. As the source tells you, “a team that i think no not the whole world maybe didnt know about they now absolutely know about Malady Sundowns they are fantastic.”

Key Ideas/Facts and supportive Quotations:
Mamelodi Sundowns: Unique style of play and its “Verticality”:
The attacking strength and entertaining style of the group were mentioned time and again.
Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns are starting to grab some headlines at the Club World Cup and I am enjoying their difference in style and we’re starting to see why they are called the Brazilians.”
“They were just so much fun to watch, attacking-wise-wise wise Jules weren’t they, you’re right, they were, and you talked about the verticality of their game.

“The freedom that they play with…these are the average positions and what you can see from this is first of all the press from Dortmund was pretty good and and we’ll show that in a second but the movement of some of these players I just want to sort of go through a few of them.
Sundowns Dominated The Game But 4-1 Down:
The Dortmund game ended 4-3, but both the stats and the comments make it sound like Sundowns largely determined the flow of the game.
“It was looking terrible for Mali Sundowns kovich thought he had this game won but they doing bits in this game they were all over them all over them they fucking were and it got a bit hairy ending 43.”
“16 shots to eight an xG of 2.6 to 2.19 41 final third entries the 33 and as I say Jules won far many more from Mamelo Sundowns.”

“All the good play came from Sundowns all game.
Key Performances of Players Representing Sundowns in Their Style:
Matthews: “Two dribbles attempted, two dribbles successful, he was a firecracker all game long.”
Rainers: “12 passes attempted, 100% pass completion andn all 12 have been accurate, you don’t see that very often.”
Aende: “I think he is my favourite, he is a joy to watch, he is brilliant, gets the ball drives, four key passes in this game, seven out of his eight long balls were successful as well”
Rabiro: “Absolutely outstanding in this game, and he won nine out of 10 ground jewels.
The team overall: “Mammali Sundowns won 60 percent of their duels on the ground as well so really really free team that.

Sundowns’ fights themselves.Sun CITY AS SHOOTING STARS. Our Problems_number 1_Debugs_There are Allsorts_fc (3). Apart from thatwe’rere okay. Final sundowns #2Sundowns vs Dortmund Hehe Sundowns vs Dortmund #1We own Sundowns, we sponsored their training session.Thusi_son_in love(Mokoka) Good test for Downs, you underestimate South African teams at your peril. I’m not laughing at Sundowns, but I would’ve expected the Germans to score at least more goals with the amount of opportunities they had. Sundowns, you guys are amazing. Thabang Matjeka, I can’t say rude because of the calibre of the opposition, but Sundowns didn’t surprise me. Hey, if any South African Club were to beat Borussia Dortmund, they would have changed their name to HOLA Madrid. Bro, “Bonganiwhyy is our pitch so hot? I didn’t know why I was so afraid of them that we might get less than 5, but I see we were the only team on the pitch. We were better than that one goal of Dortmund.

Dortmund press Yes, the press worked for Dortmund, although their goals against Sundowns at times felt more like a result of poor defending than outright dominance.
“There is a little bit of naivety at times, which creeps in, and I think it’s that mistake there from Williams. It’s a great press from Dortmund, and you saw many chances throughout the game that they forced by winning the ball high upfield, making Mammali pay.”
On Dortmund’s goals: “They did didn’t they and if you think of the fourth goal as well that was an own goal so they they they didn’t really deserve in my opinion any of those goals i appreciate the press was was solid but all the great play for me came from Sundowns throughout the game.”
Contribution of heat and Advantage of African/South American teams:
The dynamics of the game were impacted by the weather.
“The game was at noon, so it was hot… Dortmund subs had a different strategy to combat that heat… they got to watch the first half from inside the locker room and avoid the blazing sun at TQL Stadium “Never seen that.”

“If you have been accustomed to it and if you play in those conditions more often than others then it’s easier for you and it’s it’s it’s another thing about this competition south American teams and Central American teams as well is doing very well as African teams as well probably because the you know the weather is something that they are used to.”
Questioning the Story: Economic Inequality and a Competitive Balance:
That Sundowns can acquit themselves so well against Dortmund shows that wealth doesn’t necessarily dictate on-field success in this tournament.
“So it is incredible as well,, too right there they lose this game but a team from South Africa, a team from South Africa,a alright is going head-to-head with one of the biggest in Europe the … the wage bill I mean the the the monies from Dortmund to Mammali is ridiculous.
“We have seen very clearly that South American teams can dominate and beat the best teams in Europe.”