Proud Sinethemba Badela praises disciplined Chippa performance

Arthus Sales opened the scoring for the Brazilians at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium after 32 minutes, but Khaya Mfecane ensured a share of the spoils with his equaliser after 65 minutes played.

For Badela it was a positive result against the more-fancied team in his first match in charge in the South African top-flight, and after the game, the rookie coach explained how he kept the Brazilians at bay.

He said on SuperSport: "I thought the team played very well and I don't like to single out individuals, but I think everyone stuck to the game plan.

"We struggled a little bit in the first half with the overload with Fawaaz Basadien sometimes coming inside and going outside with Marcelo Allende and Arthur Sales making it a three versus two on the side.

"We struggled a little bit because we were not really prepared for that. We prepared for an overload with a very aggressive Zuko Mdunyelwa on the right."

Badela explained that they altered their tactics at half time to help deal with the Sundowns' overloads.

"We had to help the players at half time but what helped us more was that they changed with what we expected, with Mdunyelwa coming on so the players could adapt to that," he said.

"In the first half, we knew we would suffer without the ball but I thought we had two chances on the transition and we also had two set pieces, but overall I want to congratulate my boys on a very disciplined and good performance."