Mamelodi Sundowns za karɓi USM Alger a gasar TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2026 a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 2026 a filin Loftus Versfeld da ke Pretoria, inda manyan ƙungiyar Afirka ta Kudu ke neman kofin nahiyar na biyu, bayan nasararta a kan TP Mazembe a shekarar 2017.

Yadda Sundowns suka isa wannan wuri

Sundowns sun shiga TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2025–26 tun daga Zagaye na 2 na Farko, suna nuna niyyarsu ta ƙalubalantar nahiyar ta hanyar buge ƙungiyar Najeriya ta Remo Stars da jimillar 7-1. Daga nan, sun wuce Rukunin C wanda ya haɗa da Al Hilal, MC Alger, da Saint-Eloi Lupopo, inda brace ɗin Brayan Leon a kan MC Alger a wasan ƙarshe ya tabbatar da shiga zagaye na gaba.

A zagaye na takwas na ƙarshe, Sundowns sun yi nasara da 3-0 a gida a kan Stade Malien ta Mali, duk da cewa sun sha wahala a Bamako inda suka fāɗi 2-0 a rabin farko, kafin su dkimanta cin nasara da 3-2 bisa jimillar gado. A semifinal, sun nuna ƙwarewa ta musamman: cin nasarori biyu 1-0 a jere, na farko a waje a Tunis a kan Esperance de Tunis, sannan a gida a Pretoria, sun kai su wasan ƙarshe.

Wasan ƙarshe ya kasance mai ƙarfi da ƙarancin zura kwallo a kan ƙungiyar Maroko AS FAR. Kwallo ɗaya ta Aubrey Modiba ta ba Sundowns fifiko na 1-0 a wasan farko a Loftus Versfeld, sannan bugun Teboho Mokoena a lokacin ƙarin lokacin rabin farko na wasan dawowa ya yanke shawarar cinikin 1-1 — isasshe don naɗa Sundowns suna campiyoyin CAF Champions League na biyu kuma ya ba su tikiti zuwa wannan Super Cup.

Tarihin cikakke a Super Cup

Wannan shine karo na biyu kawai da Sundowns ke shiga TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup, amma suna shiga wasan Lahadi da tarihi marar nasara a gasar. Bayyanarsu ta farko ta ɗaya, a 2017, ta ƙare da nasara ta 1-0 a kan TP Mazembe. Suna wasa a gaban magoya bayansu a Loftus Versfeld, sun dace da kare wannan tarihi.

Kyakkyawar yanayi a cikin gida

Sundowns sun shigo Super Cup cikin yanayi mai kyau na gida sosai. Sun lashe kofin MTN8 watan da ya wuce kuma suna jagorantar Premiership ta Afirka ta Kudu bayan wasanni 10, da maki 26 — ɗaya fiye da Orlando Pirates waɗanda ke da wasa ɗaya a hannunsu. Aibin guda ɗaya a kakarsa shi ne fitar da su daga zagaye na 2 na farko na CAF Champions League na wannan kakar ta hannun Wiliete SC na Angola bisa ƙarin kwallayen waje.

Miguel Cardoso — mutumin a benci

Jagorar koci na Portugal Miguel Cardoso yana a mulkin tun Disamba 2024, kuma ya riga ya kara wa jerin nasarori Premiership, CAF Champions League, MTN8, da FIFA African Asian-Pacific Cup. Tarihin horar da ƙungiya ya haɗa da Rio Ave, Nantes, Celta Vigo, AEK Athens, da Esperance de Tunis — inda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar Tunisia zuwa wasan ƙarshe na TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2024. A Sundowns, Cardoso ya tsare salon riƙe ƙwallo na ƙungiyar tare da ƙara wata dabarar tsaro mai ƙarfi a saurin sauya wuri. An zabe shi kwanan nan don lambar yabo ta CAF Men's Coach of the Year 2026.

Teboho Mokoena — ɗan wasa da ya kamata a duba

Dan tsakiyar filin Teboho Mokoena ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin zuciyar Mamelodi Sundowns tun lokacin da ya shiga ƙungiyar a 2022. Haɗuwar himmarsa mara iyaka, hangen nesa na dabara, da iyawar bugun ƙwallo daga nesa sun sa shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan tsakiya a nahiya — ko da ƙungiyarsa ko da Bafana Bafana. A wannan mako, an saka Mokoena a jerin 'yan takara don CAF Player of the Year 2026 da kuma Interclub Player of the Year.