Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has predicted that Sundowns will win this season’s CAF Champions League trophy.
Sundowns face Morocco’s ASFAR over two legs in the final tie starting this weekend at home and the second leg away in Rabat in seven days.
This is the 2016 African champions’ second final in as many seasons and their coach Miguel Cardoso’s third in a row, while this will be ASFAR’s first appearance in the final in 41 years.
Mosimane who delivered Sundowns’s only star a decade ago spoke to iDiski Times senior journalist Matshelane Mamabolo in edition 255 of the newspaper where he said the Brazilians have the players to do the job and a highly motivated coach.
“Sundowns will win. No question about it,” Mosimane told iDiski Times.
“They have the players to win, right? And the coach has gained confidence from those two finals. Now he believes that he can win. But why shouldn’t they win it now? But if you don’t win it now…”
‘2016 Sundowns Don’t Compare To This One’
Mosimane added that though the Moroccans are an organised side Sundowns can bank on their experience of winning the Cup and the quality they have that he believes is stronger than what he had in 2016.
“Yeah, but the team they’re playing doesn’t have the experience of winning the Champions League. It’s not such a big team. Of course, it’s an organised team. And that could be the problem also,” he continued.
“You know, the Champions League is like that. When you have organisation, you’re okay. But I’m saying… remember I won this thing with a team that does not compare to this current Sundowns one.
“I had Wayne Arendse, Tiyani Mabunda, and Asavela Mbekile. Let’s be honest, those are the guys I took to the final. And then look at this current squad. Come on, man…”
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