Yallakora interviews Betso Musimane

Petsu Mosimane, coach of the Sundowns team, is close to firing the club he led since 2012 and led it to win the 2016 CAF Champions League at the expense of Zamalek.

Mosimane led the Sundowns in 2012 to succeed the “Brazilians” coach in putting the team to the top of the continent. The highlight event was winning the CAF Champions League in 2016 by beating Zamalek with a score (3-1) in the two home and away matches.

The 56-year-old has many experiences against the Egyptians, starting with facing the Egyptian team during his leadership of the South African team, or with his current team, Sundowns, after playing against Al-Ahly and Zamalek on many occasions, specifically in the African Champions League competition.

Musimani’s result against the Egyptians was the Egyptian team’s victory in the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, as well as the victory over Zamalek three times in the 2016 CAF Champions League, which ended with the Sundowns winning. their first continental championship, and then sweeping Al-Ahly with five earned goals in the first leg of the quarterfinals. Champions League version from last year.

Yallakora contacted Musimani to talk to him about his experience with the Sundowns, especially after his name was associated with Al-Ahly’s leadership, succeeding Swiss Rene Fyler.

Here are the details of the dialogue:

– In the beginning, tell me about your career with Sundowns, especially after you got the local trilogy this year.

I mean, thank God, because I was able to win all the African championships. I won the Champions League title in the 2016 edition in addition to winning the South African League title five times, but after all this you cannot say that you have reached the top, you have to keep doing what you are doing . .

What about their historic tournament against Zamalek, which is the first in Sundowns history?

It is true that we won the final of the CAF Champions League against Zamalek in (2016). This tournament is not easy, especially since it gets difficult every season. It is true that Sundowns won the Champions League title, but achieving the same title next season will be difficult, now we have a different team and what fun you are. Build a new team with new players.

Why do you see the difficulty of winning the Champions League again?

You have to look at the generation of Wael Jumaa, Muhammad Barakat and Muhammad Abu Trika, they won everything and the same for us as I said. If you want to achieve the championship, you have to follow what you do to get to the top.

– You had a historic match against Al-Ahly in the previous version, tell me?

The victory over Al-Ahly was historic, and we will not forget this victory, and as I said before, this victory will not be repeated, and winning this result is like Bayern Munich’s victory over Barcelona with a score (8- two). These results for me can be historical and happen only once. We play against Al-Ahly. After that in our stadium we tied and lost away from home, we scored five goals for a big team like Al-Ahly, which is considered the club of the century, and the same thing happened in the match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona and in the end Bayern qualified to face Paris Saint-Germain, but Barcelona are still great in the end.

How do you see your team coming out of this edition of the Champions League against Al-Ahly?

Of course very sad about Sundowns leaving, but Al-Ahly is still the best team after winning and qualifying for the next round, specifically the semi-final stage.

How do you see the competition now in the Champions League?

At first I am very sorry for the absence of the fans from the African Champions League, the semi-final matches are necessary for the fans, but football will continue, now we live a new life without the fans, and this version is distinguished because all the teams that reached the semi-finals were able to achieve the title before, so I see that the current tournament is difficult and historic.

– What is your comment on your leadership Al-Ahly in the next term?

No comment.

What are your expectations for the champion closest to the Champions League?

I wish the Al-Ahly club success in the semi-finals.

– Your message for Al-Ahly fans?

Soon things will go back to the way they were before, the fans will go back up to the stands. Soon things will return to normal.