Mamelodi Sundowns and National First Division side Vasco da Gama will battle for a place in the Nedbank Cup final on Sunday afternoon at the Lucas Moripe Stadium.
Kick-off is at 3:00pm
The winner of the second semifinal will meet either Ajax Cape Town or SuperSport United in the showpiece next month.
The Brazilians will be eager to put the league disappointment behind them as they aim to end the season with some silverware.
'Downs booked their place in the final four with wins over Thanda Royal Zulu, Platinum Stars and Mpumalanga Black Aces and will be out to reach the final for the first time since 2012 when they were defeated by Tshwane rivals SuperSport.
Pitso Mosimane has expressed that his troops will not be taking Vasco lightly as there has been a trend of lower division teams eliminating top division side's this term.
"If you think the game will be a walk in the park, there is a history this year of teams in the First Division eliminating teams in the Premiership so there is no walk in the park," said Mosimane.
"The history is there, it is the reality even last year [teams in the NFD were eliminating Premiership sides]. I saw them against Black Leopards and I've deployed our scouts.
"We don't take them for granted because they will eliminate you."
Vasco head coach Tony de Nobrega expects nothing less than a tough outing and admits his side will approach the game cautiously.
The Parow-based club beat Highlands Park, Winners Park, Maluti FET College and Black Leopards to claim a semifinal spot.
"It's a difficult game for us, no one is giving us a chance. As long as we give ourselves a chance, we will give it our best shot," said De Nobrega.
"Cup games are a different occasion all together, it's all about the day. We haven't looked too much into Sundowns' 5-0 defeat [to Bloemfontein Celtic], they were down to 10 men in that game. Having said that the pressure will be on them.
"We will approach the game in similar fashion to the way we approached the game against Black Leopards. Our best chance will be to stay compact, disciplined because we won't be able to play them off the park, and of course we need to score."
This will be the first cup meeting of Sundowns and Vasco, though they have met twice before in league competition when the Cape side earned promotion to the top flight for the 2010/11 season.
The Brazilians won 1-0 both away and at home to complete a league ‘double’ over Vasco, with Zimbabwean striker Nyasha Mushekwi (who currently plays his football with Djurgårdens IF in Sweden) scoring both goals.
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