Mighty Mufulira Wanderers’ first international club fixture in 18 years ended in a 1-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe on Tuesday.
Mighty have not faced international opposition since the 1997 CAF Champions League when they were eliminated at the pre-group stage by Zamalek who beat them 1-0 at Shinde to advance 6-2 on aggregate.
In this friendly match, Sundowns needed an 18th minute penalty to overcome Wanderers.
Liberian striker Anthony Laffor converted the spot-kick to beat keeper Daniel Phiri after referee Jani Sikazwe had penalised Lameck Silwaba for hacking Siyanda Zwane in the box.
Mighty had troubled the South African giants prior to conceding.
Silwaba failed to beat Kennedy Mweene from close range as he wasted early chances in the 5th and 9th minutes.
Mweene’s real test came in the 45th minute when he parried Brian Ambungeni’s goal bound powerful shot for a corner.
Sundowns seemingly used experience to beat Wanderers as their players showed character. Meanwhile, Sundowns on Wednesday faces Zesco United in their second pre-seaon friendly on the Copperbelt set for Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
Not a bad result,good preparation for the second half of the season
Good for Kennedy Mweene, is come back in form
Our usual song… We played well, but didn’t win…. blah blah blah
|This was mighty not Zambia aii. Ba Zambia makula not Mighty
It was a good exposure for my team Mighty!