Mouloudia Club d’Alger head coach Rulani Mokwena graciously admitted that FC St Eloi Lupopo proved to be the better team, winning 1-0 with a late goal in Lubumbashi.
MC Alger remains the only side in Group C of the CAF Champions League yet to taste a win after a late defeat against Lupopo. The Dean thought they got a point in Lubumbashi, but a late penalty scored by Michael Kimputu in the 95th minute broke their hearts.
The result in DRC left MC Alger at the bottom of the group with only one point after three games, which they managed to get against Mamelodi Sundowns.
Mokwena admitted that they didn’t perform to the standard of the Champions League, where you must remain focused for the entire 90 minutes.
“Congratulations to the opposition, I think they were a better team over 90 minutes more especially in the first half,” Mokwena told the media in Lubumbashi.
“We didn’t compete enough and we arrived late for the duals; we arrived late for the second balls. We made too many mistakes for the Champions League game but in the second half I thought we were a little bit better all the players doing enough to help the team to be comfortably on the pitch. It is just a pity that it’s a moment where we had some chances, we were let down by our decision making.
“I think there was one situation where Farat could have given Naiji or maybe another final pass. Okay it’s a pity that we lost the game in the second half when we were much better but in Champions League you have to play 90 minutes not 45 minutes.”
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