In just the second year of existence, the competition has already generated a huge amount of interest in what has become Africa's richest domestic knockout competition, with the prize for the winners being a whopping R4.25-million.

Apart from the 'mega-bucks' splashed out for the top two, each of the 16 competitors also walked away with a minimum of R450,000 (R250,000 participation fee).

"We must thank Telkom for putting forward a great opportunity for us here," said Ertugral.

He added: "It's a major cup, very important cup for us and the organisation has been tremendous and wonderful. It's the most highly paid cup in Africa, so it has huge, huge interest.

"So, for us, I must say thank you very much for the wonderful organisation and I hope it's going to be a wonderful day."

Igesund, meanwhile, said both teams were very happy to have reached the final of this lucrative competition.

"I just think it's a wonderful day for South African football. Both teams' sets of supporters expect every time we go onto the field that we have to win the game," said Igesund.

"It's always going to be a difficult game, tight game; players don't want to make mistakes. They get nervous out there, but I've told my players to enjoy their game; let's go out there and enjoy it.

"I think it's a sponsor's dream to have Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs playing in a final. It's a fantastic competition; it's been run tremendously well with a lot of money being put into it. They (Telkom) have led by example and we just hope we can go out there and make them all proud," concluded Igesund.