Sundowns' plan to leave Champions League's friend zone: 'We have to take it on dates all the time'

The CAF Champions League has been brutal in its rejection of Mamelodi Sundowns' advances, flirting with the club throughout the year, but when it comes to settling down, it chooses partners from North Africa. 

The Brazilians have been stuck in the friend zone since getting a peck on the cheeks in 2016, which got the club giddy – certain that it would finally make an honest woman out of African football's trophy wife. 

However, the Champions League had other ideas, and after spending a year in South Africa, it went back to where it was called home.