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Ronwen Compares African Clubs To CWC Elite

Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams has made comparisons between African football to the world elite saying the margins have become smaller.

This is after Sundowns and three other African sides Al Ahly, Esperance de Tunis and Wydad AC were eliminated from the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA albeit with some impressive performances.  

Sundowns came third in Group F with four points in three matches narrowly missing out on the last 16 round. Ahly finished bottom of Group A with two points while Esperance finished third in Group D with three points and Wydad came last in Group G with no point in a pool that also included Manchester City and Juventus.

The Bafana Bafana skipper said the performances from the said sides have showed the improvement in levels in Africa, capability of African players and that they can all be proud of themselves and keep on improving.

“We have shown that the margins are very small,” said Williams.

“We’ve shown that we can compete. We’ve shown that we’ve got the talent, we’ve got the players to compete at the highest level. So, we just need to believe, and we just need to keep knocking on the door. And we showed, I mean, ourselves, Esperance even Al Ahly got some points at this tournament where people didn’t give us opportunity, and some of us got wins as well.

“So that’s amazing. We need to build on this and just keep growing African football. African football is in a very good space, and we need to use this tournament as a benchmark for all of us to keep growing and getting better.”

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