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Mosimane unhappy with Al Ahly’s display despite win over USGN
“The result is definitely satisfactory, but the level wasn’t as good as we wanted," said the former Sundowns mentor.
Pitso Mosimane, head coach of Al Ahly SC. (EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI)
Al Ahly head coach, Pitso Mosimane was displeased with his team’s performance despite their convincing win over Niger’s Union Sportive de la Gendarmerie Nationale (USGN).
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The Red Devils beat USGN 6-1 over the weekend to go through to the group stages of the Caf Champions League on a 7-2 aggregate.
While the result was great, Mosimane was not happy with his team’s performance.
“I told the players that if we want to win the CAF Champions League for the third time in a row, we have to win and qualify for the group stage,” Mosimane said after the game as quoted by Kingfut.
“I also told the players in the trainings leading to the match that we have to score more than five goals, because sometimes when we score two goals in the first half we stop being clinical.
“The result is definitely satisfactory, but the level wasn’t as good as we wanted. Yes, we controlled the match, but we wanted to perform better than that.
“I always want the team to play collectively, not individually, and also there is no justification for receiving a goal from a team like this, so we have to develop from that aspect more,” added Mosimane.
“We don’t have the luxury of making a mistake again, especially after losing the league and the Super Cup, and there are no excuses for the next period and I am not looking for them.
“We did not have a sufficient number of players on the bench, because of the Egyptian FA ending the league competition after the registration period approved by Caf.
“I understand that this is a problem that Zamalek and Pyramids also suffer from, so the domestic matches calendar must be set so that clubs can benefit from their new players in continental competitions.
“Its a problem caused by the EFA, Pyramids didn’t have a big win yesterday because they didn’t have sufficient number of players, the Football Association must support the clubs to overcome the matter,” concluded the former Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns coach.
