The Premier Soccer League faces a potential headache after it was revealed on Thursday that Mamelodi Sundowns will participate within the Challenger Cup spherical of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup in Qatar on December 12, the identical day as the Carling Knockout remaining.
It implies that ought to Sundowns attain the decider of South Africa’s League Cup, it is going to have to be moved as FIFA fixtures trump every thing else.
Given their kind this season, there may be each probability Sundowns will try this, and the PSL might be left with the unenviable activity of discovering one other date for one among their showpiece deciders.
Fortunately, there might be no CAF competitors matches for the remainder of 2026 after that, however there’s a league programme to take care of.
Sundowns are locked into the fixture, having crushed Al Ahli within the African-Asian-Pacific Cup, however don’t but know their opponents.
It might be both Mexican facet Toluca or an as-yet-unknown challenger from South America.
Waiting within the remaining, additionally to be performed in Qatar on December 16, are French giants Paris Saint-Germain, who lifted the UEFA Champions League final season.
