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JOHANNESBURG. — Mamelodi Sundowns’ Zimbabwean midfielder Khama Billiat is ready for his first match against his former club Ajax Cape Town today. Billiat last month left the Urban Warriors for the Brazilians and today at Cape Town Stadium, the Zimbabwean forward will come up against his ex-employers.

“It will be a good feeling to return, but at the same time I must be ready to fight because I know they will come at me and try to make me feel uncomfortable.

“It’s up to me how I take it, but I know it’s gonna be personal,” Billiat says.
Meanwhile, Ajax coach Muhsin Ertugral said last month that he was disappointed with how Billiat left the club, saying the 23-year-old should have said goodbye to his former teammates.

Billiat says he intended to bid farewell but was unable to.
He explains: “The deal was on and off, so I didn’t know when I would leave so I didn’t want to say goodbye before the time. So I came over this side expecting to sign with Sundowns and then go back to Cape Town to get my stuff and say goodbye.

“But things didn’t go well because I ended up not signing and I went over to Zimbabwe to see my family.
“When I came back, I signed with Sundowns and I didn’t have a chance to go back to Cape Town soon after signing. Eventually, I went over on a weekend and I picked up my car at the club, but the guys were not at training on that Saturday. Unfortunately, they also didn’t train the following day and that was the day I had to return to Jo’burg. So I didn’t have a chance to say goodbye,” he adds.

And Kaizer Chiefs striker Knowledge Musona has been cleared to face Bloemfontein Celtic today after being forced off the field at the weekend.

The 23-year-old scored his first goal for Amakhosi since returning from Germany in a 2-0 victory over Maritzburg United on Saturday.
He was later substituted at FNB Stadium after experiencing stomach cramps, with his replacement George Lebese adding a second goal two minutes later.

Chiefs team physio Dave Milner, however, confirmed on the club’s website that Musona has recovered, as has South Africa centre-back Mulomowandau Mathoho.

Mathoho missed out against the Team of Choice with a thigh injury he sustained in Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 loss to Zimbabwe last week. — Kickoff.com