Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana believes the Brazilians would have been crowned Absa Premiership champions this past weekend if football were not suspended in South Africa.

The Absa Premiership campaign – as with all football in South Africa – was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The Brazilians were sitting second in the league standings with 44 points from 21 matches, trailing current log leaders Kaizer Chiefs by four points with a game in hand before the 2019-20 season was halted.

However, Kekana believes his side were in a good position to secure their third consecutive league title this season as SuperSport United did in 2007-08 to 2009-10.

‘Sundowns [would have lifted the PSL trophy last weekend]. Yes, we really wanted to make three back to back like what SuperSport once did. We really wanted to do that,’ Kekana told ‘Marawa Sports Worldwide’ on Metro FM.

He added: ‘We were so anticipating a good finish from our team and at the same time knowing very well that it will be a very special trophy to win because of the club history and at the same time, myself personally, I will be adding it to be the seventh league title.

‘That was something which was going to be special to me but now we are a situation whereby we cannot change or control anything, so we just have to try to stick around and see what will happen.

‘If you ask me who was going to win the league [title] I would say Mamelodi Sundowns. That’s how we felt before lockdown, that’s how we felt when we started winning those matches and when we were going to face Orlando Pirates at Loftus.

‘So, it is going to be a very tough decision for the PSL. It is going to be very challenging to end the league and try to give Chiefs the league title. If you look at the nine games, there is a lot of football to be played.’