Mamelodi Sundowns' brilliant and heroic display in the team's quest to conquer African football puts the team up there at the top, amongst the other top giants of African football.
The Chloorkop-based side started their African safari journey as an unknown. The hardest thing for African teams is not knowing what to expect when they meet Pitso Mosimane's side.
However, it did not take a lot of time before the then Absa Premiership champions introduced themselves to the CAF Champions League, stamping their authority on in the African continent.
In fact, Masandawana made their intentions clear after the team was reinstated into the CAF Champions League after AS Vita were disqualified and that's how Downs reached the group stage.
Since then, the Brazilians never looked back, as we saw the team going all the way to the final, where they played the Egyptian giants, Zamalek and became the undisputed Kings of African football. Masandawana were named CAF Club of the year and also won the CAF Super Cup, beating TP Mazembe.
With Bafana Ba Style already reaching this year 's knockout stage of CAF Champions League, one can argue that Downs have ranked amongst the top giants of African football.
Having said that, is Mamelodi Sundowns already qualified to be ranked amongst the giants of African football?
*This article was written by a Soccer Laduma reader and reflects their opinion, not that of Soccer Laduma.
