Manqoba Mngqithi Believes They Should Have Beaten Al Ahly Last Season Too!

Manqoba Mngqithi Believes They Should Have Beaten Al Ahly Last Season Too! The Brazilians won against the African champions on Saturday.

Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Al Ahly 1-0 in the CAF Champions League on Saturday night. Co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi is still licking his wounds on losing to the same opposition last year.

Thapelo Morena scored the only goal of the game to claim an unlikely win the reigning DSTV Premiership champions. They were able to finally claim a first win in five matches against Pitso Mosimane’s men.

However, the match saw The Brazilians under severe pressure for almost the entire 90 minutes. They were able to score on the break in the dying embers of the match.

“To be honest, even last year we believed that we had a team that could win.” Manqoba Mngqithi said after the win. 

“We were training a team that we also knew has got a little bit of capacity to win. To be honest, Al Ahly has also played a lot of matches.

“That’s why we had to drag the game a little bit and make sure that they don’t get an early goal because we knew that as the game progressed, they might tire down.

“At the latter stages of the first half we could’ve punished them, and in the latter stages of the second half that’s when we punished them. We anticipated what they might bring, and we were confident that the team we have has got the capacity.”

“We were still unhappy about what happened last year because even last year we believed we deserved to win. We’ve always wanted to win.

“The last two matches that we played against Ahly if you were to check on the stats of those two matches we dominated in every front – shots at goals, box entries, crosses and counter presses. We were very dominant.

“If you were to check ball possession of the last two matches that we played against them, we were unfortunate because they punished us.” He added.

They now top their group after the win. Manqoba Mngqithi Believes They Should Have Beaten Al Ahly Last Season Too!