With a tenth title and third in a row, champions Mamelodi Sundowns cliched the ABSA Premiership title after a 3-0 win over Black Leopards with all three goals coming from forward Lebo Maboe in the 45+5′, 53′ and 90+2′.
Before matchday 30, Kaizer Chiefs were favourites to win the title sharing points with the champions but with a bigger goal difference. Both teams were facing relegation zone sides Black Leopards and Baroka. To win the title, Kaizer Chiefs needed to win and also maintain a greater goal difference against the champions but instead, they dropped shared a point with Baroka who were fighting demotion.
After 30 games played Sundown finished 2 points clear of Kaizer Chiefs.
Uganda Cranes respected goalkeeper, Dennis Onyango did not attend the medal awarding ceremony stating that he had to respect COVID-19 rules.
“I didn’t pick up the medal from the stadium because there is a limited number of people allowed in the stadium because of the health situation due to the coronavirus.”
“There is a maximum of 100 people allowed in the stadium including the match officials, TV crew members. So, they didn’t take everyone because of the regulations of COVID-19.”
“Of course, there are other players who stayed with me in the hotel. They only took 20 players in the squad plus the officials and medical team.”
“That’s what will happen also in the Nedbank Cup final because there are a limited number of people allowed in the stadium just to follow guidelines from the government.”
The skipper has won this title on 7 occasions, three with SuperSport United and four with Sundowns.
