Rulani Mokwena Accepts Stalemate in Their CAF Champions League Match!

Rulani Mokwena Accepts Stalemate in Their CAF Champions League Match! The Brazilians could not claim their second successive group win this weekend.

Mamelodi Sundowns drew 0-0 away to Al Merrikh SC in the CAF Champions League on Saturday. Co-coach Rulani Mokwena took the positives from the match.

Masandawana could not be able to convert any of their opportunities. This means that they will go into their titanic battle against Al Ahly next Saturday sitting on four points from a possible six.

“I suppose it was a game of 2 halves.” Mokwena told the media.

“The first half we played exceptionally well. Extremely dominant and created a lot of chances and had six big chances.

“[The opposition] created opportunities from our carelessness from the ball, and they caught us on the counterattack, the one that Brian Onyango cleared off the line was a big chance, but it came from our situation in having a set piece and turning over the ball.

“To be honest, [we were] very stable, too much control and we didn’t feel like we were in trouble, for most parts of the second half. I think technically and tactically we were very good.” He spoke.

The Brazilians will have to claim at least one win against African champions Al Ahly if they have the opportunity to win the group.

“We will have to fight for the other points from Al Hilal and Al Merrikh. And we’ve got to give them the same amount of respect that you would give in terms of the preparations and attention to detail that you would give to Al-Ahly.

“Everyone was disappointed when we only beat Al-Hilal 1-0, but if you look at the Al-Ahly game against Al-Hilal, when they draw you realize how important it was to win that match and we cannot be blinded by playing the name instead of playing the matches.

“We’ve got matches to play and certain objectives to reach, and we know that the first objective is to qualify from the group and be in the knockouts.” He added.

The club has not conceded in the competition thus far. Rulani Mokwena Accepts Stalemate in Their CAF Champions League Match!