Uhambo lwangaphambi kwesizini yeMamelodi Sundowns e-Austria lube nenselelo, njengoba ihlulwe yiSV Sandhausen kanye neDynamo Kyiv. Banethemba lokuthi bazobuya emdlalweni wabo olandelayo neCardiff City. Kungenzeka ukuthi ukudonsa kanzima kwaleli qembu kuhlobene nezinguquko zakamuva okubalwa kuzona nokushiya komqeqeshi uRulani Mokwena oliholele ekutheni liphumelele kuDStv Premiership ngesizini edlule. UManqoba Mngqithi usengumphathi wabaqeqeshi elekelelwa nguSteve Komphela.
Usihlalo weqembu uTlhopie Motsepe akakhathazekile ngemiphumela yangaphambi kwesizini. Ubuka le midlalo enzima njengokulungiselela isizini yabo ezayo, okuhlanganisa nokubamba iqhaza kuNdebe Yomhlaba Yamaqembu kuFIFA. UMotsepe ukholwa wukuthi ukubhekana nezimbangi ezinamandla manje kuzosiza iqembu ukuthi lizilungiselele kangcono izinselelo ezizayo.
USteve Komphela uzivumile izinselelo ezilethwa yizinguquko eqenjini. UKomphela ukulindele ukuthwala kanzima kanye nezinselelo ekuqaleni njengoba iqembu lizijwayeza ubuholi obusha kanye nesakhiwo.
Kafushane nje, nakuba iMamelodi Sundowns ibhekane nezingqinamba emidlalweni yayo yokulungiselela isizini, ubuholi beqembu busenethemba. Babona lezi zinselelo zakuqala njengengxenye yenqubo yokwakha iqembu eliqinile lesizini ezayo nemiqhudelwano ezayo.