By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Al Ahly head coach,Pitso Mosimane,said that his players’ attitude was the main reason behind their triumph over RS Berkane in the CAF Super Cup.
In what was a very tight encounter, Al Ahly managed to beat Morocco’s RS Berkane thanks to goals from Salah Mohsen and Mohamed Sherif to clinch the CAF Super Cup title.
The game was quite balanced for the majority of the 90 minutes, but with time they managed to assert their dominance, especially in the second-half, and killed the game with the two goals.
Mosimane talked about the game and expressed his delight with how his players’ attitude and performance.
“It was a difficult match, RS Berkane were great,” he told beIN Sport in a post-match interview.
“We played with our hearts in front of Berkane, and we performed well. In the first half, we weren’t as good, but in the second-half we imposed our style of play.
In the second-half, we scored the first and second goals and killed the match with the second goal, especially since our opponent’s could’ve equalized,” he concluded.
With this win Al Ahly have now completed the continental double for the 2019-2020 season, after having won the CAF Champions League title back in November over arch rivals Zamalek.
This marks their third trophy under South African coach Pitso Mosimane, who lifted the Champions League as well as the Egypt Cup and finished third in the Club World Cup.
Meanwhile President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane on leading the continent’s top football club to victory in the African Super Cup.
The annual match between the CAF Champions League and second-tier CAF Confederation Cup winners was watched by a crowd limited to 7,000 in the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium because of coronavirus protocols.
The result confirmed the supremacy of Ahly among African clubs with nine victories in the Champions League, seven in the Super Cup, four in the African Cup Winners Cup and one in the Confederation Cup.
“Pitso Mosimane is an outstanding flag-bearer for our country and for football,” said Ramaphosa.
“His outstanding performance and that of his club shows what is possible when talent moves freely around our continent to unite people from diverse backgrounds and national origin and inspire them to achieve extraordinary things.”
They have won 10 more titles than the next most successful clubs, fellow Egyptians Zamalek and TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo.