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The former Mamelodi Sundowns coach followed up his first continental win over the Cairo giants with another resounding victory.
Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane insists his players have not yet reached the competitive level they want despite reaching the Caf Champions League final after a 5-1 aggregate win over Wydad Casablanca .
The Cairo giants defeated Wydad 3-1 in the semi-final, second leg at Cairo International Stadium on Friday thanks to goals from Marwan Mohsen, Yasser Ibrahim and Hussein El Shahat.
Zouhair El-Moutaraji struck back for Wydad’s consolation goal.
Friday’s result was the continuation of a 2-0 away win in Casablanca six days earlier, but Mosimane is still satisfied with the way his players performed, saying they “still have a lot of work to do.”
“We had a good performance overall, but we played better in the first leg than in Egypt,” Mosimane said after the match according to Al Ahram.
“We have not achieved the performance I want from the players, not even in our passing game. We still have a lot of work to do, we will turn the Wydad page and start preparing for the final. “
Having completed the double over Wydad, this marks a turning point for Mosimane, who struggled to beat Wydad with his former club Mamelodi Sundowns in recent years.
Overcoming the semi-final hurdle, Al Ahly reached their third Champions League final in four years after losing to Wydad in 2017 and then to Tunisian Esperance in 2018.
The eight-time African champions won the Champions League for the last time in 2013 after beating the Orlando Pirates.
“Ahly has made the final several times over the past seven years, but they were out of luck. I hope this time God helps us, ”said Mosimane.
The former Downs coach has been at Al Ahly for just four weeks and is seeking a second Champions League title, while the Egyptian giants compete for a ninth elite continental crown.
Mosimane has yet to savor defeat while in command of the reigning Egyptian Premier League champions.
Al Ahly now await the result between Zamalek and Raja Casablanca in another semi-final match.
The match has been postponed by Caf after eight Raja players tested positive for the coronavirus. Zamalek went 1-0 ahead in the first leg played away from home in Morocco.
