The SuperSport United Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Teboho Mokotjo
23 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. SuperSport United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match15 Aug 2026
SuperSport United taken apart
0‑3 to Black Aces, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market17 Aug 2026
Asante Kotoko come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and SuperSport United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
Spartak Moscow join the queue for Erick Dala
Add another name to the list: Spartak Moscow have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Erick Dala. The answer from SuperSport United has not changed — yet.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at SuperSport United
Angelo Pellegrini was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Themba Mphela
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Erick Dala runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the SuperSport United dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Ramahlwe Mabunda answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- Transfer targets SuperSport United ask about Mattia Ciancaglini
- Player ratings A costly moment from Thulani Modiba
- Squad Bradley Zungu stays put