Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Tlhopie Motsepe has played down his club’s pre-season form.
The Brazilians embarked on pre-season without departed head coach Rulani Mokwena.
The club lost their opening clash of their Austrian tour, 3-1 to German third division side SV Sandhausen before going down 1-0 to 16-time Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv.
Masandawana next faces English Championship side Cardiff City and completes their tour with games against Qatari club Al Arabi SC and Saudi team Al Hilal.
Speaking at the funeral of Stanley Tshabalala on Thursday, Motsepe was reported by iDiski Times to have said: “What’s happening at the club, is we’re actually in the process of trying to make sure that we are set in the best position possible to make this one of the best seasons we’re gonna have in our history.
“And there’s a quote, I don’t want to misquote Muhammad Ali, but there’s a boxing quote that says, ‘You you train hard so you can fight easy’.
“And if you look at the quality of opponents that we are facing in this pre-season, they are respectfully very strong, challenging football clubs.”