Mamelodi Sundowns will not be playing in Bulawayo’s fabled Barbourfields Stadium next weekend when they open their African Champions League campaign but rather the smaller Luveve Stadium in Zimbabwe’s second city.
Sundowns were expecting to be hosted by Zimbabwe champions Chicken Inn at Barbourfields, which is a 30 000-capacity venue with a formidable atmosphere and has been the venue of many key African club competition matches in the past, plus success for the Zimbabwe national team in the Cosafa Castle Cup.
But next Saturday’s game will go at Luveve Stadium, which is Chicken Inn’s home ground and which has been passed for use by the Confederation of African Football after a recent refurbishment.
It has a capacity of 10 000 and reports say the pitch conditions are better than that of Barbourfields, which is used as a home by Highlanders, who used to be a perennial title contender in Zimbabwe but have since fallen on hard times.
Luveve is also used for home matches by another Zimbabwe top flight team How Mine.
Sundowns are to fly to Bulawayo next Friday and return again on Sunday, limiting their time in Zimbabwe for the first leg tie, which kicks off at 3pm and will be handled by referees from Botswana.
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