Musimane: I told the players to knock them out now

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) published the video, part of the statements of the South African Pitso Musimane after the last game of the century between Al-Ahly and Zamalek in the African Champions League, in which he praised the mentality and strength of Al- Ahly.

Musimani led Al-Ahly to win the CAF Champions League for the ninth time in their history, the first since 2013 and the second in his history as a manager following a 2-1 victory over Zamalek in the final in Cairo Stadium.

Musimani said in a statement after the meeting with Zamalek, “Caf” posted a clip of it through his accounts on social media sites hours ago, “It has been a long time, 7 years, I thank the players, the technical staff , my family and the Al-Ahly fans. It was wonderful, I thank our Lord. “

He continued: “I think the Zamalek coach did a wonderful job. He studied our way of playing and was able to disrupt our usual way of playing. They deprived us of easy movement of balls, especially in the first half, and he was also able to possess the ball”.

He continued: “In soccer we play two halves. In the second half, I modified my technical method. I told the players to press hard in midfield, not to be afraid and to get the balls back, because the opponent’s prestige is he was imposing. “

“We changed our path, we had spirits, the opposing players collapsed a bit, started to fall to the ground. I felt like they were mentally tired, and they felt close to losing.

And he highlighted: “I told the players, let’s give them a knockout now, as happens in the box, in the last rounds, when you see your opponent suffer.”

We continued: “We pushed a lot, with the strong mentality of Al-Ahly. Al-Ahly is strong.”

“But do you know the best thing about the derby? The beautiful goals, Shikabala’s goal, and Afsha’s goal was very good, they hit the crossbar and we too, in the end we won,” he said.